UK Businesses told to brace cyber defenses amid Iran conflict risk

2026-03-04T22:50:27Z9bcbd7788eccb56d1c86f7868342ecb2cd5e1bd95c7e30fc7e485e5aaba61f90
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What happened

This feed is a broad infosec roundup: the UK NCSC warns organisations to harden defenses amid Iran-related spillover risks; multiple high-impact vulnerabilities and active exploitation campaigns are driving urgent patching and incident response. Notable items include a Five Eyes alert to patch Cisco SD‑WAN flaws, four critical Serv‑U (SolarWinds) vulnerabilities that allow root code execution, an AI-augmented campaign compromising 600+ FortiGate appliances, and North Korea-linked Lazarus using Medusa ransomware against healthcare. The news also covers emerging malware (Steaelite RAT combining盗

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