Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-03-13 08:00 PDT
- From VMware to what’s next: Protecting data during hypervisor migration
BleepingComputer • 2026-03-13 07:15 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Hypervisor migrations can introduce hidden risks that threaten data availability and recovery. Acronis explains why verified backups and cross-platform recovery are essential during VMware transitions. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/from-vmware-to-whats-next-protecting-data-during-hypervisor-migration/ - Storm-2561 Spreads Trojan VPN Clients via SEO Poisoning to Steal Credentials
The Hacker News • 2026-03-13 06:38 • thehackernews.com
Microsoft has disclosed details of a credential theft campaign that employs fake virtual private network (VPN) clients distributed through search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning techniques.
“The campaign redirects users searching for legitimate enterprise software to malicious ZIP files on attacker-controlled websites to deploy digitally signed trojans that masquerade as trusted VPN clients
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/storm-2561-spreads-trojan-vpn-clients.html - Police sinkholes 45,000 IP addresses in cybercrime crackdown
BleepingComputer • 2026-03-13 06:28 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
An international law enforcement action codenamed “Operation Synergia III” has sinkholed tens of thousands of IP addresses and seized servers linked to cybercrime operations worldwide. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-sinkholes-45-000-ip-addresses-in-cybercrime-crackdown/ - Investigating a New Click-Fix Variant
The Hacker News • 2026-03-13 06:28 • thehackernews.com
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https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/investigating-new-click-fix-variant.html - Fake enterprise VPN downloads used to steal company credentials
BleepingComputer • 2026-03-13 06:23 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
A threat actor tracked as Storm-2561 is distributing fake enterprise VPN clients from Ivanti, Cisco, and Fortinet to steal VPN credentials from unsuspecting users. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-enterprise-vpn-downloads-used-to-steal-company-credentials/ - Academia and the “AI Brain Drain”
Schneier on Security • 2026-03-13 04:04 • www.schneier.comIn 2025, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta collectively spent US$380 billion on building artificial-intelligence tools. That number is expected to surge still higher this year, to $650 billion, to fund the building of physical infrastructure, such as data centers (see go.nature.com/3lzf79q). Moreover, these firms are spending lavishly on one particular segment: top technical talent.
Meta reportedly offered a single AI researcher, who had cofounded a start-up firm focused on training AI agents to use computers, a compensation package of …
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/academia-and-the-ai-brain-drain.html - Google Fixes Two Chrome Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild Affecting Skia and V8
The Hacker News • 2026-03-13 02:17 • thehackernews.com
Google on Thursday released security updates for its Chrome web browser to address two high-severity vulnerabilities that it said have been exploited in the wild.
The list of vulnerabilities is as follows –CVE-2026-3909 (CVSS score: 8.8) – An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Skia 2D graphics library that allows a remote attacker to perform out-of-bounds memory access via a crafted HTML
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/google-fixes-two-chrome-zero-days.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
