ISC Stormcast For Friday, March 6th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9838, (Fri, Mar 6th)
2026-03-06T13:23:48Z•12aa16393ffc77c453b5393a4ba2d98faf623b463cad6c9d80f13c4bfb0e5529
active-exploitationautomated-scanningbruteforcecrushftpguest-diaryisc-sansmalwarerssrtfstormcasttargeted-intrusionvulnerabilitieswiresharkxwormzero-day
What happened
ISS ISC diary RSS roundup (early March 2026) covering: Stormcast podcast issues; a guest diary on distinguishing targeted intrusions vs opportunistic automated scanning; a new wave of XWorm multi-technology malware observed in the wild; brute-force scanning activity against CrushFTP (noting prior serious vulnerabilities including CVE-2024-4040, CVE-2025-31161 and the actively exploited July 2025 zero-day CVE-2025-54309); a how-to note on ZIP files inside RTF; and release notes for Wireshark 4.6.4 which fixes three vulnerabilities and multiple bugs. Observations include active exploitation of a
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- 2026-03-06T13:23:48Z
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- Yes
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