Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-03-12 13:00 PDT
- Rust-Based VENON Malware Targets 33 Brazilian Banks with Credential-Stealing Overlays
The Hacker News • 2026-03-12 10:31 • thehackernews.com
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new banking malware targeting Brazilian users that’s written in Rust, marking a significant departure from other known Delphi-based malware families associated with the Latin American cybercrime ecosystem.
The malware, which is designed to infect Windows systems and was first discovered last month, has been codenamed VENON by Brazilian
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/rust-based-venon-malware-targets-33.html - Hive0163 Uses AI-Assisted Slopoly Malware for Persistent Access in Ransomware Attacks
The Hacker News • 2026-03-12 10:02 • thehackernews.com
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a suspected artificial intelligence (AI)-generated malware codenamed Slopoly put to use by a financially motivated threat actor named Hive0163.
“Although still relatively unspectacular, AI-generated malware such as Slopoly shows how easily threat actors can weaponize AI to develop new malware frameworks in a fraction of the time it used to take
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/hive0163-uses-ai-assisted-slopoly.html - Veeam warns of critical flaws exposing backup servers to RCE attacks
BleepingComputer • 2026-03-12 09:59 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Data protection company Veeam Software has patched multiple flaws in its Backup & Replication solution, including four critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/veeam-warns-of-critical-flaws-exposing-backup-servers-to-rce-attacks/ - US disrupts SocksEscort proxy network powered by Linux malware
BleepingComputer • 2026-03-12 09:19 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Europe along with private partners have disrupted the SocksEscort cybercrime proxy network that used only edge devices compromised via the AVRecon malware for Linux. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-disrupts-socksescort-proxy-network-powered-by-linux-malware/ - Google paid $17.1 million for vulnerability reports in 2025
BleepingComputer • 2026-03-12 08:22 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Google paid over $17 million to 747 security researchers who reported security bugs through its Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP) in 2025. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-paid-171-million-for-vulnerability-reports-in-2025/ - Telus Digital confirms breach after hacker claims 1 petabyte data theft
BleepingComputer • 2026-03-12 07:40 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Canadian business process outsourcing giant Telus Digital has confirmed it suffered a security incident after threat actors claimed to have stolen nearly 1 petabyte of data from the company in a multi-month breach. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/telus-digital-confirms-breach-after-hacker-claims-1-petabyte-data-theft/ - Going the Extra Mile: Travel Rewards Turn into Underground Currency.
BleepingComputer • 2026-03-12 07:05 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Stolen airline miles are converted into flights and hotel stays, then resold as discounted travel. Flare shows how cybercriminals and underground markets treat loyalty accounts like tradable currency. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/going-the-extra-mile-travel-rewards-turn-into-underground-currency/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
