Termite ransomware breaches linked to ClickFix CastleRAT attacks

2026-03-08T13:23:35Z89f9f056e6b148d36b2ae6a5703023815ad849feabe8b00e54fa66e3055400d1
AI-assisted attacksCISACastleRATChinese APTClickFixCoruna exploit kitDonutLoaderGitHub abuseInstallFixJavaScript wormMicrosoft AIOpenClawTriZettoUAT-9244Velvet TempestWikipediadata breachhealthcare breachiOS vulnerabilitiesinfostealerransomwaretelecom targetingweb wormwordPress vulnerabilityzero-day exploitation

What happened

A range of active threats and incidents were reported: ransomware group Velvet Tempest is using ClickFix social-engineering and legitimate Windows tools to deploy DonutLoader and CastleRAT; a new InstallFix/ClickFix social-engineering wave is pushing infostealers and proxy malware via fake install guides; a fake OpenClaw GitHub campaign and Bing AI promotion distributed info-stealers. Large breaches and compromises include a TriZetto/Cognizant breach exposing ~3.4M patients, an FBI investigation into a breach affecting surveillance/wiretap systems, and multiple exploited vulnerabilities (noted

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

Source ID
bleepingcomputer
Record identifier
89f9f056e6b148d36b2ae6a5703023815ad849feabe8b00e54fa66e3055400d1
Enrichment time
2026-03-08T13:23:35Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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