Infosec bits for 2026 week 09

Anele Siwela | Feb. 27, 2026, 6:15 p.m.

Cybersecurity News:

Varist Introduces Hyperscale Malware Detection to Counter Complex AI-Powered Threats [REYKJAVIK, Business Wire]

IBM 2026 X-Force Threat Index: AI-Driven Attacks are Escalating as Basic Security Gaps Leave Enterprises Exposed [Forescou, Forescou]

The big takeaway from 2026 onward is the arrival and increasingly effective use of AI, and especially agentic AI, that will revolutionize the attack scenario. The only question is how quickly. [Jason Baker, Security week]

Ransomware Remains A Top 10 AI Threat In 2026 [Sausalito, Calif, Cybersecurity Ventures]

Vulnerabilities & Patches:

Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day CVE-2026-20127 Exploited Since 2023 for Admin Access [Ravie Lakshmanan, The hacker news]

Google Chrome Emergency Security Update Patches Three High-Severity Vulnerabilities [Guru Baran, Cybersecurity News]

Malware and Threats:

North Korean Lazarus Group Now Working With Medusa Ransomware [Symantec and Carbon Black, Security]

QakBot Named a 2026 Top Malware Threat: An IoC Analysis [WhoisXML API, Circleid]

9 Most Dangerous Malware Threats to Prepare for in 2026 [Cloudsek, Cloudsek]

New CISA guidance targets persistent RESURGE implant as Ivanti Connect Secure threat continues to deepen [Anna Ribeiro, Industrial Cyber]

2026 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report: AI Accelerates Adversaries and Reshapes the Attack Surface [Jake Schuster, Crowdstrike]

Attacks and Breaches:

ClickFix Campaign Abuses Compromised Sites to Deploy MIMICRAT Malware [Ravie Lakshmanan, The hacker news]

Hackers leak another 1 milion lines of stolen Odido data [Nl time, Nl time]