CyberWire Daily Socks pulled, patches pushed.
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Mar 13, 2026 Jack R. Bialik, engineer and author of In Lost in Time, Our Forgotten and Vanishing Knowledge, explores forgotten technologies and why some knowledge vanishes. He talks about ancient innovations resurfacing, risks of our fully digital society, short lifespans of modern storage, and practical steps for preserving culture and personal archives.
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Cyber Asymmetry Shapes The Iran Conflict
- The IISS analysis highlights cyber capability asymmetry in the Iran conflict, with U.S. and Israeli operations being strategic and Iran relying on proxy, symbolic attacks.
- Publicly reported hacks included camera manipulation, telecom disruption, and hijacking a prayer app for information operations.
Patch Chrome Now For Active Zero Days
- Update Chrome immediately after Google's emergency patches for two actively exploited high-severity flaws.
- The fixes address an out-of-write in Skia and a V8 engine issue across Windows, macOS, and Linux; rollout may take time so verify version.
Prioritize Patching Veeam Backup Servers
- Apply Veeam updates urgently because multiple critical RCEs allow low-privilege domain users to run code on backup servers.
- Flaws also permit Postgres-user execution, SSH credential theft, and repository file manipulation—backup servers are prime ransomware targets.
