Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker
2026-03-15T07:23:31Z•2c25bd97ba77b44844d33f24ae661ad463581d2a0eb51c517249e683877e1224
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What happened
Collection of KrebsOnSecurity reports (Jan–Mar 2026) covering multiple high-impact threats: an Iran-linked group claims a wiper attack against medical‑device firm Stryker; the massive Kimwolf IoT botnet (2M+ devices) is driving large DDoS campaigns, disrupting the I2P anonymity network, and linked to takeover of Badbox 2.0; a new phishing-as-a-service (“Starkiller”) proxies real login pages and relays credentials and MFA codes to defeat protections; ongoing harassment/do‑xing/SWATting by the Kimwolf botmaster (“Dort”); Microsoft March 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes ~77 vulnerabilities (no March zero
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- krebs_on_security
- Record identifier
- 2c25bd97ba77b44844d33f24ae661ad463581d2a0eb51c517249e683877e1224
- Enrichment time
- 2026-03-15T07:23:31Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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