Cybercrime has skyrocketed 245% since the start of the Iran war
2026-03-16T19:24:05Z•e8e210654fb9865175159957691e8681e0560343e907d1ed960fc18af99ea775
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What happened
Multiple high-impact trends and incidents reported: Akamai says cybercrime activity has surged ~245% since the Iran war, with criminal actors using large proxy services and automated tooling. Interpol notes AI-powered fraud is ~4.5x more profitable and international law enforcement has disrupted proxy services (SocksEscort) and made dozens of arrests. Active exploitation and high-risk vulnerabilities are reported across ecosystems: Chrome zero-days under active attack, CISA-confirmed max-severity RCE in n8n, and a Microsoft Excel/Copilot Agent zero-click information-disclosure issue. Widescale
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- 2026-03-16T19:24:05Z
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