🔒 Security News Digest - 2026-03-18

📊 16 updates from 8 sources:

🦠 Malwarebytes: Researchers found font-rendering trick to hide malicious commands
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/03/researchers-found-font-rendering-trick-to-hide-malicious-commands

🔹 Security Boulevard: Researchers found font-rendering trick to hide malicious commands
https://securityboulevard.com/2026/03/researchers-found-font-rendering-trick-to-hide-malicious-commands/

🔹 The Hacker News: OFAC Sanctions DPRK IT Worker Network Funding WMD Programs Through Fake Remote Jobs
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/ofac-sanctions-dprk-it-worker-network.html

🔹 Security Boulevard: Menlo Security Adds Platform to Secure AI Agents
https://securityboulevard.com/2026/03/menlo-security-adds-platform-to-secure-ai-agents/

🔹 SecurityWeek: Autonomous Offensive Security Firm XBOW Raises $120M at $1B+ Valuation
https://www.securityweek.com/autonomous-offensive-security-firm-xbow-raises-120m-at-1b-valuation/

🔹 BleepingComputer: ConnectWise patches new flaw allowing ScreenConnect hijacking
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/connectwise-patches-new-flaw-allowing-screenconnect-hijacking/

🔹 The Record from Recorded Future News: US intelligence chief grilled on absence of election threats in security assessment
https://therecord.media/us-intel-chief-senate-election-security-threat-assessment

🔹 Security Boulevard: What Golden Dome Requires from Federal DevSecOps Teams
https://securityboulevard.com/2026/03/what-golden-dome-requires-from-federal-devsecops-teams/

🔹 Security News | TechCrunch: FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/fbi-is-buying-location-data-to-track-us-citizens-kash-patel-wyden/

🔹 The Record from Recorded Future News: DHS nominee Mullin pressed on restoring CISA staffing
https://therecord.media/dhs-mullin-pressed-on-restoring-cisa-staffing

🔹 Security Boulevard: BSidesCache 2025 – How To Hide In Plain Sight: Next-Level Digital Privacy
https://securityboulevard.com/2026/03/bsidescache-2025-how-to-hide-in-plain-sight-next-level-digital-privacy/

🔹 Security Boulevard: The SOAR Ceiling: Why Playbook Automation Has Hit Its Structural Limits
https://securityboulevard.com/2026/03/the-soar-ceiling-why-playbook-automation-has-hit-its-structural-limits/

🔹 SecurityWeek: The Collapse of Predictive Security in the Age of Machine-Speed Attacks
https://www.securityweek.com/the-collapse-of-predictive-security-in-the-age-of-machine-speed-attacks/

🔹 The Record from Recorded Future News: Russia-linked hackers use advanced iPhone exploit to target Ukrainians
https://therecord.media/russia-linked-hackers-use-iphone-exploit-ukraine

🔹 BleepingComputer: CISA orders feds to patch Zimbra XSS flaw exploited in attacks
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-feds-to-patch-zimbra-xss-flaw-exploited-in-attacks/

🔹 iTnews - Security: Researchers uncover 'Darksword' iPhone spyware
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/researchers-uncover-darksword-iphone-spyware-624398?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iTnews+Security+feed

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Researchers found font-rendering trick to hide malicious commands

Researchers found a way to trick AI assistants into missing dangerous user instructions on a website.

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