From Iran to Ukraine, everyone's trying to hack security cameras
2026-03-09T08:51:50Z•0133fd1b99e66b216e3d9a98dc93c4ebfcab5917edc02430617bff3a076dce8b
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What happened
A collection of security news highlighting an uptick in state and criminal activity across multiple vectors: apparent Iranian and Russian state actors targeting consumer security cameras and exploiting an urgent Microsoft Office flaw; a resurgence of credential- and info-stealing malware (Lumma/Castleloader) and malicious packages targeting dYdX users; supply-chain compromises (Notepad++ backdoor) and exposed kid-AI chat portals; breakthroughs and risks in privacy/crypto/crypto-agile tech (LLMs deanonymizing users, Google’s Merkle-tree certificates for quantum-proofing HTTPS, Secure Boot certs
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- arstechnica_security
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- 0133fd1b99e66b216e3d9a98dc93c4ebfcab5917edc02430617bff3a076dce8b
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- 2026-03-09T08:51:50Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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