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LatAm's Self-Taught Cyber Talent Overlooked Amid Cyberattack Glut

A newly released study exclusively shared with Dark Reading details the unique circumstances that make up Latin America's labor pool, and why organizations may want to expand their talent search.

Cyberattacks Intensify Pressure on Latin American Governments

Cyber threats across Latin America are increasingly targeting government systems, from disruptive attacks in Puerto Rico to a surge of probes against Colombia’s health sector.

CERT-UA Impersonation Campaign Spread AGEWHEEZE Malware to 1 Million Emails

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of a new phishing campaign in which the cybersecurity agency itself was impersonated to distribute a remote administration tool known as AGEWHEEZE. As part of the attacks, the threat actors, tracked as UAC-0255, sent emails on March 26 and 27, 2026, posing as CERT-UA to distribute a password-protected ZIP archive

Venom Stealer MaaS Platform Commoditizes ClickFix Attacks

A new service on the cybercrime market provides automated capabilities to create persistent information-stealing social engineering attacks.

TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 005 - First Confirmed Victim Disclosure, Post-Compromise Cloud Enumeration Documented, and Axios Attribution Narrows, (Wed, Apr 1st)

This is the fifth update to the TeamPCP supply chain campaign threat intelligence report, "When the Security Scanner Became the Weapon" (v3.0, March 25, 2026). Update 004 covered developments through March 30, including the Databricks investigation, dual ransomware operations, and AstraZeneca data release. This update consolidates two days of intelligence through April 1, 2026.

Block the Prompt, Not the Work: The End of "Doctor No"

There is a character that keeps appearing in enterprise security departments, and most CISOs know exactly who that is. It doesn’t build. It doesn’t enable. Its entire function is to say "No." No to ChatGPT. No to DeepSeek. No to the file-sharing tool the product team swears by. For years, this looked like security. But in 2026, "Doctor No" is no longer just a management headache &

Casbaneiro Phishing Targets Latin America and Europe Using Dynamic PDF Lures

A multi-pronged phishing campaign is targeting Spanish-speaking users in organizations across Latin America and Europe to deliver Windows banking trojans like Casbaneiro (aka Metamorfo) via another malware called Horabot. The activity has been attributed to a Brazilian cybercrime threat actor tracked as Augmented Marauder and Water Saci. The e-crime group was first documented by Trend Micro in

Microsoft Warns of WhatsApp-Delivered VBS Malware Hijacking Windows via UAC Bypass

Microsoft is calling attention to a new campaign that has leveraged WhatsApp messages to distribute malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files. The activity, beginning in late February 2026, leverages these scripts to initiate a multi-stage infection chain for establishing persistence and enabling remote access. It's currently not known what lures the threat actors use to trick users into

New Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2026-5281 Under Active Exploitation — Patch Released

Google on Thursday released security updates for its Chrome web browser to address 21 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-5281 (CVSS score: N/A), concerns a use-after-free bug in Dawn, an open-source and cross-platform implementation of the WebGPU standard. "Use-after-free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior

3 Reasons Attackers Are Using Your Trusted Tools Against You (And Why You Don’t See It Coming)

For years, cybersecurity has followed a familiar model: block malware, stop the attack. Now, attackers are moving on to what’s next. Threat actors now use malware less frequently in favor of what’s already inside your environment, including abusing trusted tools, native binaries, and legitimate admin utilities to move laterally, escalate privileges, and persist without raising alarms. Most

Malicious Script That Gets Rid of ADS, (Wed, Apr 1st)

Today, most malware are called “fileless” because they try to reduce their footprint on the infected computer filesystem to the bare minimum. But they need to write something… think about persistence. They can use the registry as an alternative storage location.

Are We Training AI Too Late?

Ask the Expert: Cybersecurity teams need to expand their field of view to include new, unique threat sources, rather than relying on past, proven threat actors.

Google Attributes Axios npm Supply Chain Attack to North Korean Group UNC1069

Google has formally attributed the supply chain compromise of the popular Axios npm package to a financially motivated North Korean threat activity cluster tracked as UNC1069. "We have attributed the attack to a suspected North Korean threat actor we track as UNC1069," John Hultquist, chief analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), told The Hacker News in a statement. "North Korean

Claude Code Source Leaked via npm Packaging Error, Anthropic Confirms

Anthropic on Tuesday confirmed that internal code for its popular artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant, Claude Code, had been inadvertently released due to a human error. "No sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed," an Anthropic spokesperson said in a statement shared with CNBC News. "This was a release packaging issue caused by human error, not a security

ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9874, (Wed, Apr 1st)

The Forgotten Endpoint: Security Risks of Dormant Devices

Technology Talk: That forgotten notebook holds plenty of secrets to enterprise access.

Axios NPM Package Compromised in Precision Attack

The NPM package for Axios, a popular JavaScript HTTP client library, was briefly compromised this week, possibly by North Korean threat actors.

Google's Vertex AI Has an Over-Privileged Problem

Palo Alto researchers show how attackers could exploit AI agents on Google's Vertex AI to steal data and break into restricted cloud infrastructure.

TeamPCP Breaches Cloud, SaaS Instances With Stolen Credentials

The threat group's shift to speedy attacks on AWS, Azure, and SaaS instances shows organizations need to respond quickly to compromised credentials.

Android Developer Verification Rollout Begins Ahead of September Enforcement

Google on Monday said it's officially rolling out Android developer verification to all developers to combat the problem of bad actors distributing harmful apps while "hiding behind anonymity." The development comes ahead of a planned verification mandate that goes into effect in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand this September, before it expands globally next year. As part of this