Cryptographers engage in war of words over RustSec bug reports and subsequent ban
2026-03-21T07:23:57Z•265d2396475cf4f9b20e4947cc04d4abede6784c6e685308ed7e429d758a576a
CVE-2026-20131DDoSIntuneIoT-botnetSharePointdata-breachexploitfacial-recognition-biasiOS-exploitnation-stateprivacyransomwaresanctionsvulnerabilityzero-day
What happened
A batch of high-impact security news: researchers and maintainers clash in the Rust crypto community after disputed vulnerability reports; US authorities disrupted massive IoT botnets that fueled record 30+ Tbps DDoS attacks; unknown actors are actively exploiting a newly disclosed critical Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability; Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center was abused as a zero-day (CVE-2026-20131) by ransomware groups prior to patching; an iPhone exploit kit (Darksword) and other state/spyware activity target mobile users; Microsoft Intune was abused in an Iran-linked attack on Stryke
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- theregister_security
- Record identifier
- 265d2396475cf4f9b20e4947cc04d4abede6784c6e685308ed7e429d758a576a
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- 2026-03-21T07:23:57Z
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- Yes
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