Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker
2026-03-12T07:23:25Z•ca518f8e6bd9cc991c1d2be319b4f224725fc7791cbb9b481447b76bc32dd74a
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What happened
Collection of KrebsOnSecurity reports covering multiple high-risk cyber threats and trends: an Iran-linked hacktivist group claims a destructive wiper attack against medtech firm Stryker (disrupting operations in Ireland and the U.S.); Microsoft’s March 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 77 vulnerabilities; a stealthy phishing-as-a-service called “Starkiller” proxies real login pages and relays MFA codes to defeat protections; the massive Kimwolf IoT botnet (2M+ devices) continues to cause DDoS and anonymization-network disruption (I2P) and its alleged operator “Dort” is the subject of investigative
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