Daily Threat Briefing — Mar 13, 2026

📰 Cybersecurity News Headlines

Top stories from leading cybersecurity publications as of March 13, 2026.

1. Insights: Increased Risk of Wiper Attacks
   — Unit 42
   
   We are observing an increase of wiper attacks by the Iran-linked Handala Hack group (aka Void Manticore) through phishing and misuse of Micr…
2. Suspected China-Based Espionage Operation Against Military Targets in Southeast Asia
   — Unit 42
   
   An espionage operation demonstrated strategic operational patience against targets in Southeast Asia, deploying custom backdoors. The post S…
3. Canadian retail giant Loblaw notifies customers of data breach
   — Bleeping Computer
   
   Still, out of an abundance of caution, Loblaw says it has automatically logged out all customers from their accounts. Account holders who ne…
4. Iran MOIS Colludes With Criminals to Boost Cyberattacks
   — Dark Reading
   
   Iranian APTs have long pretended to be cybercriminal groups. Now they're working with actual cybercriminal groups.
5. England Hockey investigating ransomware data breach
   — Bleeping Computer
   
   England Hockey, the governing body for field hockey in England, is investigating a potential data breach after the AiLock ransomware gang li…
6. Commercial Spyware Opponents Fear US Policy Shifting
   — Dark Reading
   
   Rescinded sanctions and reactivated contracts have created confusion about the Trump administration's spyware policy and where it draws the …
7. AI-generated Slopoly malware used in Interlock ransomware attack
   — Bleeping Computer
   
   A new malware strain dubbed Slopoly, likely created using generative AI tools, allowed a threat actor to remain on a compromised server for …
8. Rust-Based VENON Malware Targets 33 Brazilian Banks with Credential-Stealing Overlays
   — The Hacker News
   
   Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new banking malware targeting Brazilian users that's written in Rust, marking a signif…
9. Hive0163 Uses AI-Assisted Slopoly Malware for Persistent Access in Ransomware Attacks
   — The Hacker News
   
   Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a suspected artificial intelligence (AI)-generated malware codenamed Slopoly put to use …
10. Why Stryker's Outage Is a Disaster Recovery Wake-Up Call
    — Dark Reading
    
    The Iranian cyberattack on Stryker is the kind of stress test that business continuity and disaster recovery programs often do not plan for.
11. How to Scale Phishing Detection in Your SOC: 3 Steps for CISOs
    — The Hacker News
    
    Phishing has quietly turned into one of the hardest enterprise threats to expose early. Instead of crude lures and obvious payloads, modern …
12. ISC Stormcast For Thursday, March 12th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9846, (Thu, Mar 12th)
    — SANS ISC
    
    (c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

Generated by CryptXNet.ai Threat Intelligence Platform · March 13, 2026 · Sources: The Hacker News, Bleeping Computer, Krebs on Security, Dark Reading, SANS ISC, THN Threat Intel, Unit 42, Security.com