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Breaking News – Cyber Threats – 2026-03-05 12:00 PST

Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)

Generated: 2026-03-05 12:00 PST

  • WordPress membership plugin bug exploited to create admin accounts
    BleepingComputer • 2026-03-05 10:44 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
    Hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in the User Registration & Membership plugin, which is installed on more than 60,000 WordPress sites. […]
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wordpress-membership-plugin-bug-exploited-to-create-admin-accounts/
  • FBI arrests suspect linked to $46M crypto theft from US Marshals
    BleepingComputer • 2026-03-05 10:36 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
    ​A U.S. government contractor’s son, accused of stealing more than $46 million in cryptocurrency from the U.S. Marshals Service, was arrested Wednesday on the island of Saint Martin. […]
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-arrests-suspect-linked-to-46m-crypto-theft-from-us-marshals/
  • Israel Hacked Traffic Cameras in Iran
    Schneier on Security • 2026-03-05 09:31 • www.schneier.com

    Multiple news outlets are reporting on Israel’s hacking of Iranian traffic cameras and how they assisted with the killing of that country’s leadership.

    The New York Times has an <a href=”https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/us/politics/cia-israel-ayatollah-co…
    https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/israel-hacked-traffic-cameras-in-iran.html

  • Preparing for the Quantum Era: Post-Quantum Cryptography Webinar for Security Leaders
    The Hacker News • 2026-03-05 07:22 • thehackernews.com
    Most organizations assume encrypted data is safe.
    But many attackers are already preparing for a future where today’s encryption can be broken. Instead of trying to decrypt information now, they are collecting encrypted data and storing it so it can be decrypted later using quantum computers.
    This tactic—known as “harvest now, decrypt later”—means sensitive data transmitted today could become
    https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/preparing-for-quantum-era-post-quantum.html
  • Cisco Confirms Active Exploitation of Two Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Vulnerabilities
    The Hacker News • 2026-03-05 07:22 • thehackernews.com
    Cisco has disclosed that two more vulnerabilities affecting Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly SD-WAN vManage) have come under active exploitation in the wild.
    The vulnerabilities in question are listed below –

    CVE-2026-20122 (CVSS score: 7.1) – An arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the local file system.
    https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/cisco-confirms-active-exploitation-of.html

  • Google says 90 zero-days were exploited in attacks last year
    BleepingComputer • 2026-03-05 07:03 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
    Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) tracked 90 zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited throughout 2025, almost half of them in enterprise software and appliances. […]
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-says-90-zero-days-were-exploited-in-attacks-last-year/
  • 2026 Browser Data Reveals Major Enterprise Security Blind Spots
    BleepingComputer • 2026-03-05 07:01 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
    The browser is becoming the operating system for modern work, yet many enterprises still treat it as an extension of network or endpoint security. Keep Aware’s 2026 State of Browser Security Report shows 41% of employees used AI web tools while browser-based phishing, extensions, and social engineering drive new security blind spots. […]
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/2026-browser-data-reveals-major-enterprise-security-blind-spots/

Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.

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