16th March – Threat Intelligence Report
2026-03-16T20:52:30Z•d7c29eac28d576e2bc769083c7bbdd15e624f76020d97de03239cd49a46b6b65
AI-C2-proxiesAPT41Amaranth-DragonAnthropic-Claude-CodeCVE-2025-59536CVE-2025-8088CVE-2026-21852Chinese-actorsHandala HackIP-camera-compromiseIranian-actorsMOISSilver DragonStrykerVoid Manticoreapi-token-exfiltrationeScanhack-and-leakhealthcare-disruptionincident-responseransomwareremote-code-executionsupply-chain-compromisethreat-intelligencewiper
What happened
Check Point Research weekly feed (Feb–Mar 2026) summarizing multiple high-impact discoveries: a global disruption at medical device vendor Stryker, state-aligned Iranian operations (Handala Hack/Void Manticore and MOIS-linked activity) conducting destructive wiping and hack-and-leak operations, and targeting of IP cameras to support kinetic operations. It also documents Chinese-aligned Silver Dragon activity (operationally correlated with APT41) targeting governments in Southeast Asia and Europe, and Amaranth-Dragon campaigns weaponizing CVE-2025-8088 for targeted espionage. Critical product-v
Why it matters
A reviewed impact interpretation has not been published for this record.
Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- checkpoint_research
- Record identifier
- d7c29eac28d576e2bc769083c7bbdd15e624f76020d97de03239cd49a46b6b65
- Enrichment time
- 2026-03-16T20:52:30Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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