From Iran to Ukraine, everyone's trying to hack security cameras
2026-03-07T20:51:49Z•604b71164d54941494fbd0b5ad463064677f7e391939431fba5208111dd38bdc
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What happened
A roundup of March 2026 Arstechnica security coverage highlighting active nation‑state campaigns, widespread supply‑chain and commodity malware activity, emerging AI privacy risks, and several high‑impact vulnerabilities in active exploitation. Notable items: apparent Iranian actors hijacking consumer security cameras; CISA adding three iOS flaws to its known‑exploited catalog; Russian‑state exploitation of a newly patched Microsoft Office vulnerability; resurgence of Lumma stealer tied to Castleloader and social engineering lures; a supply‑chain compromise of Notepad++; malicious packages plh
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- arstechnica_security
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- 604b71164d54941494fbd0b5ad463064677f7e391939431fba5208111dd38bdc
- Enrichment time
- 2026-03-07T20:51:49Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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