Microsoft Patches Two Zero-Days in March Update; Actively Exploited Android Flaw and Global APT Campaigns Emerge

Publication Date: March 10, 2026

Summary

This intelligence brief for March 10, 2026, covers a significant wave of cybersecurity events. Microsoft's Patch Tuesday addressed 79 flaws, including two publicly disclosed zero-days in SQL Server and .NET. Concurrently, Google rushed a patch for an actively exploited zero-day in Android devices with Qualcomm chips, which CISA added to its KEV list. Espionage campaigns are on the rise, with China-linked APT UAT-9244 targeting South American telecoms and Iran's MuddyWater group infiltrating critical U.S. sectors. Other major incidents include a supply chain attack on the OpenClaw AI framework and a massive phishing service takedown by Europol and Microsoft.

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