SANS Stormcast: Daily Cyber Security News

/proxy/ URL scans with IP addresses https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/proxy+URL+scans+with+IP+addresses/32800/ Local Network Address Restrictions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/ms-edge-local-network-access#how-to-mitigate-impact-for-cross-origin-iframes https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-relnote-stable-channel European Security Vendor Targeted by Hackers Fron...

SmartApeSG campaign uses ClickFix page to push Remcos RAT https://isc.sans.edu/diary/SmartApeSG%20campaign%20uses%20ClickFix%20page%20to%20push%20Remcos%20RAT/32796 A React-based phishing page with credential exfiltration via EmailJS https://isc.sans.edu/diary/32794 Google Chrome announced two zero-day fixes, then removed one. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for...

When your IoT Device Logs in as Admin, It s too Late! https://isc.sans.edu/diary/When%20your%20IoT%20Device%20Logs%20in%20as%20Admin%2C%20It%3Fs%20too%20Late!%20%5BGuest%20Diary%5D/32788 Apple Patches https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100 Veeam Patches https://www.veeam.com/kb4830

Analyzing "Zombie Zip" Files (CVE-2026-0866) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Analyzing%20%22Zombie%20Zip%22%20Files%20%28CVE-2026-0866%29/32786 How "Strengthening Crypto" Broke Authentication: FreshRSS and bcrypt's 72-Byte Limit https://pentesterlab.com/blog/freshrss-bcrypt-truncation-auth-bypass

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Microsoft%20Patch%20Tuesday%20March%202026/32782 Fortinet Updates https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt Adobe Updates https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html Zoom Update https://www.instagram.com/direct/t/17848218473607233/

Encrypted Client Hello: Ready for Prime Time? https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Encrypted%20Client%20Hello%3A%20Ready%20for%20Prime%20Time%3F/32778 The ExifTool vulnerability: how an image can infect macOS systems https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/exiftool-macos-picture-vulnerability-mitigation-cve-2026-3102/55362/ Remote code execution in Nextcloud Flow via vulnerable Windmill version https://github.com/ne...

YARA-X 1.14.0 Release https://isc.sans.edu/diary/YARA-X%201.14.0%20Release/32774 INTERPLAY BETWEEN IRANIAN TARGETING OF IP CAMERAS AND PHYSICAL WARFARE IN THE MIDDLE EAST https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/interplay-between-iranian-targeting-of-ip-cameras-and-physical-warfare-in-the-middle-east/ Announcing the Node.js LTS Upgrade and Modernization Program https://openjsf.org/blog/nodejs-lts-upgr...

Differentiating Between a Targeted Intrusion and an Automated Opportunistic Scanning [Guest Diary] https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Differentiating%20Between%20a%20Targeted%20Intrusion%20and%20an%20Automated%20Opportunistic%20Scanning%20%5BGuest%20Diary%5D/32768 CVE-2026-29000: Critical Authentication Bypass in pac4j-jwt - Using Only a Public Key (CVSS 10) https://www.codeant.ai/security-research/pac4j-...

Want More XWorm? https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Want%20More%20XWorm%3F/32766 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Vulnerabilities https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc-rce-NKhnULJh https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-onprem-fmc-authbypass-5JPp45V2 LastPass Phishing https://www.securityweek.com/la...

Bruteforce Scans for CrushFTP https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Bruteforce%20Scans%20for%20CrushFTP%20/32762 Android March 2026 Patches, including 0-Day (CVE-2026-21385) https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2026/2026-03-01 OAuth redirection abuse enables phishing and malware delivery https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/03/02/oauth-redirection-abuse-enables-phishing-malware-del...

Quick Howto: ZIP Files Inside RTF https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Quick+Howto+ZIP+Files+Inside+RTF/32696/#comments Keeping the Internet fast and secure: introducing Merkle Tree Certificates https://blog.cloudflare.com/bootstrap-mtc/ Taming Agentic Browsers: Vulnerability in Chrome Allowed Extensions to Hijack New Gemini Panel https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/gemini-live-in-chrome-hijacking/

Fake Fedex Email Delivers Donuts! https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Fake%20Fedex%20Email%20Delivers%20Donuts!/32754 Abusing .ARPA: The TLD that isn t supposed to host anything https://www.infoblox.com/blog/threat-intelligence/abusing-arpa-the-tld-that-isnt-supposed-to-host-anything/ MC1179154 - Microsoft Authenticator app: Upcoming changes to jailbreak and root detection https://mc.merill.net/message/MC1...

Finding Signal in the Noise: Lessons Learned Running a Honeypot with AI Assistance [Guest Diary] https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Finding%20Signal%20in%20the%20Noise%3A%20Lessons%20Learned%20Running%20a%20Honeypot%20with%20AI%20Assistance%20%5BGuest%20Diary%5D/32744 Google API Keys Weren't Secrets. But then Gemini Changed the Rules. https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/google-api-keys-werent-secrets-but-the...

The CLAIR Model: A Synthesized Conceptual Framework for Mapping Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies [Guest Diary] https://isc.sans.edu/diary/The+CLAIR+Model+A+Synthesized+Conceptual+Framework+for+Mapping+Critical+Infrastructure+Interdependencies+Guest+Diary/32748 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2026-20127 https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/cente...

Open Redirects: A Forgotten Vulnerability? https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Open%20Redirects%3A%20A%20Forgotten%20Vulnerability%3F/32742 Goodbye innerHTML, Hello setHTML: Stronger XSS Protection in Firefox 148 https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/02/goodbye-innerhtml-hello-sethtml-stronger-xss-protection-in-firefox-148/ More telnetd issues https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q1/199

Another day, another malicious JPEG https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Another%20day%2C%20another%20malicious%20JPEG/32738 Calibre Path Traversal Leading to Arbitrary File Write and Potentially Code Execution CVE-2026-26064 CVE-2026-26065 https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-72ch-3hqc-pgmp https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-vmfh-7mr7-pp2w CVE-2026-2575...

Japanese-Language Phishing Emails https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Japanese-Language%20Phishing%20Emails/32734 'God-Like' Attack Machines: AI Agents Ignore Security Policies https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/ai-agents-ignore-security-policies Starkiller: New Phishing Framework Proxies Real Login Pages to Bypass MFA https://abnormal.ai/blog/starkiller-phishing-kit

Under the Hood of DynoWiper https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Under%20the%20Hood%20of%20DynoWiper/32730 Vibe Password Generation: Predictable by Design https://www.irregular.com/publications/vibe-password-generation Vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-65715, CVE-2025-65716, CVE-2025-65717) in four popular IDE Extensions https://www.ox.security/blog/four-vulnerabilities-expose-a-massive-security-blind-spot-in-ide-e...

Tracking Malware Campaigns With Reused Material https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Tracking%20Malware%20Campaigns%20With%20Reused%20Material/32726 From BRICKSTORM to GRIMBOLT: UNC6201 Exploiting a Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines Zero-Day https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/unc6201-exploiting-dell-recoverpoint-zero-day Windows Admin Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CV...

Fake Incident Report Used in Phishing Campaign https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Fake%20Incident%20Report%20Used%20in%20Phishing%20Campaign/32722 Divide and conquer: how the new Keenadu backdoor exposed links between major Android botnets https://securelist.com/keenadu-android-backdoor/118913/ CVE-2026-25903: Apache NiFi: Missing Authorization of Restricted Permissions for Component Updates https://secli...

2026 64-Bits Malware Trend https://isc.sans.edu/diary/2026%2064-Bits%20Malware%20Trend/32718 A Comparative Security Analysis of Three Cloud-based Password Managers https://zkae.io Infostealer Infection Targeting OpenClaw Configurations https://www.infostealers.com/article/hudson-rock-identifies-real-world-infostealer-infection-targeting-openclaw-configurations/

AI-Powered Knowledge Graph Generator & APTs https://isc.sans.edu/diary/AI-Powered%20Knowledge%20Graph%20Generator%20%26%20APTs/32712 nslookup and ClickFix https://x.com/MsftSecIntel/status/2022456612120629742 Google Chrome 0-Day Patch https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html TURN Security Threats https://www.enablesecurity.com/blog/turn-server-sec...

Four Seconds to Botnet - Analyzing a Self-Propagating SSH Worm with Cryptographically Signed C2 [Guest Diary] https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Four%20Seconds%20to%20Botnet%20-%20Analyzing%20a%20Self%20Propagating%20SSH%20Worm%20with%20Cryptographically%20Signed%20C2%20%5BGuest%20Diary%5D/32708 OpenSSH Update on MacOS https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html Employee Monitoring and SimpleHelp Software A...

WSL in the Malware Ecosystem https://isc.sans.edu/diary/32704 Apple Patches Everything: February 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Apple%20Patches%20Everything%3A%20February%202026/32706 Adobe Updates https://helpx.adobe.com/security/security-bulletin.html

Microsoft Patch Tuesday - February 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Microsoft%20Patch%20Tuesday%20-%20February%202026/32700 Refreshing the root of trust https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2026/02/10/refreshing-the-root-of-trust-industry-collaboration-on-secure-boot-certificate-updates/ Fake 7-Zip downloads are turning home PCs into proxy nodes https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intel...