Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories

2026-03-15T20:51:57Z5399ec0cd95c536542fec69e07b344d03560ceb20c4c3ac507d6981779995ceb
AirSnitchAsusCISAGitHubIoTIranLLM-deanonymizationStrykerWi-Fibotnetcredential-theftencryption-bypassiOSknown-exploited-vulnerabilitiesmerkle-tree-certificatespassword-managerprivacyquantum-proofingransomwarerouterssoftware-supply-chainsupply-chainsurveillance-camerasunicode-homoglyphwiper

What happened

Ars Technica's security feed highlights a wave of high-impact incidents and emerging threats: a novel supply‑chain attack using invisible Unicode in code repositories (affecting GitHub and others); a destructive wiper that has taken Stryker's Windows network offline; ~14,000 mostly Asus routers infected by resilient malware; widespread attempts (attributed to Iranian actors) to hijack consumer security cameras; CISA adding three iOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list; research showing LLMs can deanonymize pseudonymous users at scale; Google's rollout of Merkle‑tree certificate (

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2026-03-15T20:51:57Z
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