‘CanisterWorm’ Springs Wiper Attack Targeting Iran

This collection highlights multiple high-impact threats and industry responses in March 2026: a new wormed wiper dubbed “CanisterWorm” is being used in attacks targeting systems set to Iran time zones or Farsi locales and appears tied to financially motivated extortion; law enforcement disrupted four massive IoT botnets (Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, Mossad) that had compromised millions of devices and fueled record DDoS activity; Iran-linked actors claim a destructive wiper attack against medtech firm Stryker; the Kimwolf botnet and its alleged operator (“Dort”) continue aggressive operations (D