Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker

Multiple high-impact threats reported: an Iran-linked group claims a destructive wiper attack against medtech firm Stryker (service disruptions and mass employee displacement reported). A stealthy phishing-as-a-service dubbed “Starkiller” proxies real login pages and relays credentials and MFA codes to defeat MFA protections. The Kimwolf IoT botnet has grown to >2M devices, enabling massive DDoS, local-network spread, and disruption of anonymity network I2P; operators also claim access to Badbox 2.0 infrastructure. Separately, Microsoft’s March 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses ~77 vulnerabilities,