Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker

Recent reporting highlights multiple high-impact threats: an Iran-linked actor claims a destructive wiper attack against medtech giant Stryker (disrupting facilities and personnel), a stealthy phishing-as-a-service called “Starkiller” that proxies real login pages and relays MFA to capture credentials, and the rapidly growing Kimwolf IoT botnet (2M+ devices) used for massive DDoS, anonymization-network abuse (I2P) and lateral scanning. Microsoft’s March 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 77 vulnerabilities (no major new zero-days called out), and broader reporting warns about AI assistants creating新