Breaking News – Cyber Threats – 2026-03-18 22:00 PDT

Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)

Generated: 2026-03-18 22:00 PDT

• ISC Stormcast For Thursday, March 19th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9856, (Thu, Mar 19th)
  SANS ISC Diary (full) • 2026-03-18 19:00 • isc.sans.edu
  (c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
  https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32812
• Interesting Message Stored in Cowrie Logs, (Wed, Mar 18th)
  SANS ISC Diary (full) • 2026-03-18 17:38 • isc.sans.edu

  This activity was found and reported by BACS student Adam Thorman&#xc2&#x3b;&#xa0&#x3b;as part of one of his assignments which I posted his final paper &#x5b&#x3b;1&#x5d&#x3b; last week. This activity appeared to only have occurred on the 19 Feb 2026 where at least 2 sensors detected on the same day by DShield sensor in the cowrie logs an echo command that included: “MAGIC_PAYLOAD_KILLER_HERE_OR_LEAVE_EMPTY_iranbot_wa…
  https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32810

• Smashing Security podcast #459: This clever scam nearly hijacked a tech CEO’s Apple ID
  Graham Cluley • 2026-03-18 17:15 • grahamcluley.com
  In episode 459 of Smashing Security, we dive into a chillingly clever account takeover attempt targeting WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg – involving MFA fatigue, real Apple alerts, a convincing support call, and a phishing page that oh-so-nearly worked. If a famous techie could have this happen to you, can you be sure you’re immune?

  Plus: would you donate your lifetime medical history to science if you were promised anonymity? We unpack serious concerns around UK Biobank, where “de-identified” data may not be as anonymous as you think — and how surprisingly little information it takes …
  https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-459/

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