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Human-led. Rules-based. LLM-powered agentic systems. Each promises efficiency. Each has limits. The real advantage? Knowing when, and how, to use them together. The teams pulling ahead aren’t betting on a single model. They’re architecting a custom mix of all three. On March 12th, join Tines for Workflow clarity: Where AI fits in modern automation. You'll learn how to harness AI with clarity and control, and determine the right combination of workflows for you. 🔗 Register and learn more here: https://thn.news/modern-automation-ai

⚠️ Multiple infostealers — Arkanix, NovaStealer, DarkCloud, MawaStealer and others — are active in the wild. Researchers say Arkanix was likely built with LLM assistance, speeding malware development. Stolen logs are filtered and sold to brokers seeking corporate network access. 🔗 Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/weekly-recap-sd-wan-0-day-critical-cves.html#:~:text=Multiple%20Stealer%20Malware%20Families%20Detected

🛑 ALERT: Google uncovered an #iPhone exploit kit called Coruna containing 23 iOS exploits targeting versions 13–17.2.1. The framework fingerprints devices and automatically loads the matching WebKit exploit chain. Researchers say it moved from #surveillance vendors to nation-state operators and later cybercrime groups. 🔗 Exploit chains, campaigns, and malware payload details → https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/coruna-ios-exploit-kit-uses-23-exploits.html

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⚠️ Many SOCs’ weakest link isn’t tools—it’s Tier-1 analysts. Most alerts + least experience → alert fatigue & false positives → slower detection & delayed escalation. Better threat intel turns alerts into fast decisions. 🔗 How intel feeds + sandbox analysis strengthen Tier-1 triage → https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/building-high-impact-tier-1-3-steps.html

🖥️ Malicious Packagist packages posing as Laravel helpers install a remote access trojan. The malware connects to a C2 server, runs shell commands, uploads files, captures screenshots, and retries every 15 seconds to stay persistent. 🔗 Malware behavior and package names → https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/fake-laravel-packages-on-packagist.html

AI in the SOC is shifting from alert triage to full investigations, writes Jon Hencinski of Prophet Security. In one case, an AI system ran 265 queries across 6 data sources to confirm a compromised AWS credential used for cloud reconnaissance—work normally done by senior analysts. 🔗 How the investigation reconstructed the attack → https://thehackernews.com/expert-insights/2026/03/ai-soc-investigation-has-moved-beyond.html

🐉 Silver Dragon APT is breaching government networks in Europe and Southeast Asia via server exploits and phishing. Researchers link the activity to the APT41 ecosystem, using BamboLoader and DNS tunneling to maintain covert access. 🔗 Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/apt41-linked-silver-dragon-targets.html

🛑 A command-injection bug in VMware Aria Operations is now in CISA’s KEV catalog. The flaw — CVE-2026-22719 (CVSS 8.1) — could let unauthenticated attackers run arbitrary commands during migration workflows. 🔗 Details → https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/cisa-adds-actively-exploited-vmware.html

Threat actors deployed modified Havoc C2 after posing as IT support. They spam-bombed targets, called them directly to gain remote access, sent victims to a fake Outlook “anti-spam” page to steal credentials, then used DLL sideloading and legit RMM tools to move to nine endpoints in 11 hours. 🔗 Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/fake-tech-support-spam-deploys.html

⚠️ 600+ FortiGate devices breached in an AI-assisted campaign. Team Cymru traced it to #CyberStrikeAI, an open-source Go tool bundling 100+ security utilities, run from 21 IPs across Asia and beyond. The maintainer shows ties to #China’s vulnerability ecosystem. 🔗 Details → https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/open-source-cyberstrikeai-deployed-in.html

Nearly 70% of enterprises already run AI agents in production, but governance isn’t keeping pace. MCP-based agents can access apps, reuse tokens, and execute workflows without fitting into normal IAM lifecycles. That leaves stale credentials, over-scoped access, and weak audit trails. Gartner calls for supervisory guardrails. 🔗 Where AI becomes identity risk → https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/ai-agents-next-wave-identity-dark.html