Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker
2026-03-18T01:23:30Z•9edd7b5164f18cb6df100904b3612111686373fe61b80012c8ef0e048fa98f55
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What happened
KrebsOnSecurity items report multiple active, high-impact threats: an Iran-linked group claims a destructive wiper attack against medtech firm Stryker (causing mass office closures); Microsoft published March 2026 patches addressing 77 vulnerabilities (no new exploited zero-days reported); a stealthy phishing-as-a-service called “Starkiller” proxies real login pages and relays credentials and MFA codes to bypass protections; and the Kimwolf IoT botnet (2M+ devices) is driving large-scale DDoS activity, disrupting anonymity network I2P and impacting corporate and government networks. Relatedals
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- 2026-03-18T01:23:30Z
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