Fake Tech Support Spam Deploys Customized Havoc C2 Across Organizations
2026-03-04T22:39:02Z•a16936f43e037632f6a064e1bd318517793bc3277b73bf85eb59467e6b16caf1
CVE-2026-0628CVE-2026-20127CVE-2026-21385CVE-2026-21513APT28AitMAndroid vulnerabilityChrome WebViewCisco SD-WANCyberStrikeAIFortiGateHavoc C2MFA bypassMSHTMLOAuth redirect abuseQualcommStarkillerUNC2814blockchain C2exposed API keysfake tech supportmalicious packages (npm/NuGet)opsecphishingsupply-chainweb shellszero-day
What happened
A roundup of active and emerging cyber threats and high-severity vulnerabilities: threat actors used fake tech-support lures to deploy the Havoc C2 framework; an open-source AI testing tool (CyberStrikeAI) was used in AI-driven attacks against Fortinet FortiGate appliances; a new AitM phishing platform named Starkiller proxies real login pages to bypass MFA; OAuth redirect abuse is being used to deliver malware to government targets; Google confirmed exploitation of CVE-2026-21385 in a Qualcomm Android graphics component. Additional notable items include a now-patched Chrome WebView/extension-
Why it matters
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- 2026-03-04T22:39:02Z
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- Yes
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