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Saturday, March 21, 2026 · 20 stories
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Russian Intelligence Services Target Commercial Messaging Application Accounts (3 minute read)

CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a Public Service Announcement (PSA) warning about ongoing phishing campaigns by cyber actors ...

CISA Alerts · 19h ago · Read full article →

Conflict and Consequences (3 minute read)

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North ...

War on the Rocks · 17h ago · Read full article →

FBI, CISA issue PSA on Russian intelligence campaign to target messaging apps (1 minute read)

It echoes earlier alerts from the Netherlands and Germany, and is the latest to warn about targeting of Signal users and others. The post FBI, CISA...

CyberScoop · 11h ago · Read full article →

FBI links Signal phishing attacks to Russian intelligence services (1 minute read)

The FBI has issued a public service announcement warning that Russian intelligence-linked threat actors are actively targeting users of encrypted m...

BleepingComputer · 10h ago · Read full article →

CISA orders feds to patch max-severity Cisco flaw by Sunday (1 minute read)

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered federal agencies to patch a maximum-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-20131,...

BleepingComputer · 16h ago · Read full article →

Early Edition: March 20, 2026 (2 minute read)

Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.

Just Security · 19h ago · Read full article →

FBI takes down leak sites tied to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (1 minute read)

In a 40-page seizure warrant, the FBI outlined multiple digital campaigns launched by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) through a...

The Record · 14h ago · Read full article →

US seizes domains and infrastructure used in sprawling botnet campaigns (1 minute read)

The Justice Department said on Thursday evening that the Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid and Mossad botnets were used to target victims with distributed ...

The Record · 17h ago · Read full article →

🇮🇱 Mossad · Israel

The Importance of Behavioral Analytics in AI-Enabled Cyber Attacks (1 minute read)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing how individuals and organizations conduct many activities, including how cybercriminals carry out phishing...

The Hacker News · 21h ago · Read full article →

3 Men Charged With Conspiring to Smuggle US Artificial Intelligence to China (1 minute read)

The men violated U.S. export controls laws by scheming to divert massive quantities of the high-performance servers assembled in the United States ...

SecurityWeek · 16h ago · Read full article →

US Confirms Handala Link to Iran Government Amid Takedown of Hackers’ Sites (1 minute read)

The US has seized several domains used by Handala in cyber-enabled psychological operations. The post US Confirms Handala Link to Iran Government A...

SecurityWeek · 19h ago · Read full article →

Feds disrupt monster IoT botnets behind record-breaking DDoS attacks (1 minute read)

Millions of hijacked devices powered traffic floods targeting defense systems and beyond The US government has moved to disrupt a cluster of IoT bo...

The Register Security · 18h ago · Read full article →

Will China’s Stalinesque Purges Sabotage Its Military Ambitions? (1 minute read)

A side-by-side comparison of Stalin’s own military purges can help answer that question.

The Diplomat · 18h ago · Read full article →

China’s ‘Terminator’ Info Op and the Future of AI (1 minute read)

China is stoking U.S. fears of world-ending AI – despite having no qualms about fast-tracking the technology in its own military.

The Diplomat · 18h ago · Read full article →

Takaichi’s Calculated Gamble at the Trump Summit Amid the Iran Crisis (1 minute read)

Trumps said that Tokyo is “really stepping up to the plate” on Iran – “unlike NATO.”

The Diplomat · 18h ago · Read full article →

Why Pakistan Is Desperate to Avert an Iran-Saudi Confrontation (1 minute read)

Under a bilateral defense agreement, Islamabad will have to support Riyadh in the event of an Iran-Saudi showdown. That is not in Pakistan’s interest.

The Diplomat · 23h ago · Read full article →

CISA Adds Five Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog (3 minute read)

CISA has added five new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2025-3...

CISA Alerts · 19h ago · Read full article →

International joint action disrupts world’s largest DDoS botnets (1 minute read)

Authorities from the United States, Germany, and Canada have taken down Command and Control (C2) infrastructure used by the Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSk...

BleepingComputer · 23h ago · Read full article →

Justice Department disrupts botnet networks that hijacked 3 million devices (1 minute read)

The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad botnets enabled cybercriminals to initiate thousands of attacks. A crackdown targeting large-scale botnets...

CyberScoop · 17h ago · Read full article →

🇮🇱 Mossad · Israel

Aisuru and Kimwolf DDoS Botnets Disrupted in International Operation (1 minute read)

The lesser-known JackSkid and Mossad botnets have also been targeted in the operation. The post Aisuru and Kimwolf DDoS Botnets Disrupted in Intern...

SecurityWeek · 23h ago · Read full article →

🇮🇱 Mossad · Israel

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