Cyber Policy
NEWS ROUNDUP – 18th March 2026
Intuitive disclosed a phishing-linked breach of internal business applications, CISA added a Wing FTP flaw to its exploited catalog, and investigators traced GlassWorm fallout into compromised GitHub-hosted Python repositories. INTERPOL warned that AI-enhanced financial fraud is scaling globally, while NIST advanced cryptographic validation automation and the UK ICO pressed technology firms to strengthen age checks and protect children’s data better.
NEWS ROUNDUP – 16th March 2026
Poland’s nuclear research centre blocked a cyberattack while Albania’s parliament isolated email systems during a separate incident. The FBI is tracing victims linked to malware distributed through Steam games, and U.S. prosecutors allege a responder assisted BlackCat ransomware actors. Telus and Stryker reported cyber disruptions, while authorities dismantled the SocksEscort proxy service and INTERPOL seized 45,000 malicious IPs.
NEWS ROUNDUP – 11th March 2026
Microsoft fixed two disclosed zero-days in March Patch Tuesday, SAP shipped critical NetWeaver and FS-QUO fixes, and Dutch agencies warned that Russia-backed operators are hijacking Signal and WhatsApp accounts. Reuters also reported a customer-data breach at Loblaw, while ENISA published package-manager security guidance and the European Commission updated AI Act standardisation FAQs for high-risk systems across Europe and North America.
NEWS ROUNDUP – 9th March 2026
Australia warned on Cisco SD-WAN exploitation, U.S. investigators examined a suspected China-linked FBI network breach, LexisNexis and TriZetto disclosed major data exposures, and authorities disrupted LeakBase and Tycoon 2FA. The roundup also tracks Google’s 90 zero-day tally for 2025, White House cyber strategy priorities, and European Commission guidance for applying the Cyber Resilience Act across health, government, telecom, and sectors.
NEWS ROUNDUP – 6th March 2026
CISA added five newly exploited vulnerabilities to KEV as Cisco warned more Catalyst SD-WAN flaws are under active attack. Europol seized LeakBase and disrupted Tycoon 2FA, while Passaic County reported a malware outage and LexisNexis confirmed a data breach. Google challenged geofence warrants, and draft Cyber Resilience Act guidance signalled tougher product-security expectations for vendors and defenders globally this week.
