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March 2026

Dust Specter Targets Iraqi Officials with New SPLITDROP and GHOSTFORM Malware

Dust Specter Targets Iraqi Officials with New SPLITDROP and GHOSTFORM Malware

Ravie LakshmananMar 05, 2026Malware / Threat Intelligence A suspected Iran-nexus threat actor has been attributed to a campaign targeting government officials in Iraq by impersonating the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver a set… 

Where Multi-Factor Authentication Stops and Credential Abuse Starts

Where Multi-Factor Authentication Stops and Credential Abuse Starts

Organizations typically roll out multi-factor authentication (MFA) and assume stolen passwords are no longer enough to access systems. In Windows environments, that assumption is often wrong. Attackers still compromise networks every day using valid credentials.… 

APT28-Linked Campaign Deploys BadPaw Loader and MeowMeow Backdoor in Ukraine

APT28-Linked Campaign Deploys BadPaw Loader and MeowMeow Backdoor in Ukraine

Ravie LakshmananMar 05, 2026Cyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Russian cyber campaign that has targeted Ukrainian entities with two previously undocumented malware families named BadPaw and MeowMeow. “The… 

Europol-Led Operation Takes Down Tycoon 2FA Phishing-as-a-Service Linked to 64,000 Attacks

Europol-Led Operation Takes Down Tycoon 2FA Phishing-as-a-Service Linked to 64,000 Attacks

Tycoon 2FA, one of the prominent phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkits that allowed cybercriminals to stage adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) credential harvesting attacks at scale, was dismantled by a coalition of law enforcement agencies and security companies. The subscription-based…