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PEERSTITCH pivot (pipeline test)Exploitation

TEST: CL-STA-0954 pivots from a hacked FortiManager to managed FortiGates, injecting into log daemons

7 procedures
  • Fortinet

LiteLLM 1.107.0 stealerAI-driven

Leaked LiteLLM key lets attacker ship 1.107.0, a PyPI release that steals cloud and AI keys

6 procedures
  • Defender
  • Linux
  • AWS
  • GitHub

DPRK remote IT worker facilitation

DPRK IT workers use facilitator laptop farms and disguised capture cards to hold jobs, steal data

5 procedures
  • Entra ID

PEERSTITCH FortiManager pivotExploitation

CL-STA-0954 pivots from a hacked FortiManager to managed FortiGates, injecting into log daemons

7 procedures
  • Fortinet

Windows Shell MOTW bypass zero-dayExploitation

Exploited Windows Shell zero-day CVE-2026-96951 runs crafted files without MOTW warnings

3 procedures
  • Windows

Cl0p Windchill and FlexPLM data theftExploitation

Suspected Cl0p affiliates exploit PTC Windchill/FlexPLM to steal engineering data for extortion

5 procedures

Teams scam to AD CS certs

Teams help-dek impostors chain Quick Assist sessions into AD CS ESC1/ESC8 certificate abuse

8 procedures
  • Defender
  • Windows

MDM rogue-RMM deploymentPhishing

Phishing lures enroll endpoints in rogue MDM that deploys self-healing ScreenConnect

4 procedures
  • Windows

GhostAction Oct escalation

GhostAction October escalation: 72K-commit GitHub campaign hits CI, dev machines, OIDC

4 procedures
  • AWS
  • GitHub

SolanaCry agent-lure RATAI-driven

SolanaCry poisons Solana starter kits that AI coding agents pick from search results

3 procedures
  • Windows

Camera-CMS WpcMon sideload

Compromised camera management software seeds WpcMon sideload and reverse shell

3 procedures
  • Windows

FortiBleed 2.0

FortiBleed 2.0: cracked FortiGate config credentials expose 975 more domains and AD binds

3 procedures
  • Windows
  • Fortinet

VAPOR PANDA ARTEX espionageAI-driven

VAPOR PANDA runs ARTEX agent intrusions against 200+ orgs with BLOODALCHEMY follow-on

4 procedures
  • Windows

NIK C2 AI-integrated implantAI-driven

NIK C2 implant runs OpenAI inference from victim hosts, funding it with their API keys

3 procedures
  • Windows

MadApe Device Code kitPhishing

MadApe kit abuses Microsoft Device Code flow via PDF lures to steal MFA-satisfied tokens

3 procedures
  • Entra ID
  • Microsoft 365

AI-agent impersonation scannerAI-driven

AI-agent impersonation scanner abuses bot allowlists to hunt exposed credentials

2 procedures

claude.ai fake install guides

Fake Claude install guides on claude.ai deliver AMOS and .NET RAT via Google Ads

3 procedures
  • Windows
  • macOS

KeyDrift SD-WAN key harvestingExploitation

KeyDrift framework hijacks Cisco SD-WAN control plane to harvest IPsec keys

4 procedures
  • Cisco

PHP2Shell firewall root chainExploitation

PHP2Shell-Fragnesia chain roots exposed firewall management interfaces, pivots to AD

3 procedures
  • Windows

Claude Code ext backdoor

Trojanized official Claude Code VS Code extension plants persistent SSH backdoor

3 procedures

n0n credential extortionExploitation

n0n crew stuffs FortiGate VPNs and weak admin credentials, then encrypts or deletes data

10 procedures
  • Windows
  • Fortinet
  • AWS

Volt Typhoon Silent TrainExploitation

Volt Typhoon hides zero-day attacks on SD-WAN and RMM consoles behind throwaway SOHO relay chains

3 procedures

Sirius backdoor FedEx filelessPhishing

Sirius backdoor: Korean FedEx-invoice PDFs launch a fileless chain that patches ETW, hollows trusted processes via Early Bird APC, and persists through OS resets

8 procedures
  • Defender
  • Windows

Yoba signed-AI sideload

Yoba: signed ChatGPT/Claude binaries from fake GitHub repos sideload a dropper with Telegram-photo DGA tasking and Tor-mined XMRig

6 procedures
  • Windows

Teams external-chat IT scam

Teams IT-support impersonation via external chat: 400+ incidents of mail-bomb, ChatCreated first contact and Quick Assist/RMM access; one observed chain runs a PowerShell/MSI loader deploying a Python implant for AD discovery

4 procedures
  • Microsoft 365
  • Windows

Armorsteal

Armorsteal: SEO-poisoned fake Chocolatey and Massgrave sites deliver Pyarmor-packed Python stealer/RAT — scheduled tasks in a C:\Windows masquerade path, Chrome DevTools-protocol cookie theft on port 9222, keyword-triggered screenshot surveillance, drive-wide BIP39 seed-phrase search

3 procedures
  • Windows

Prince of Persia / InfyExploitation

Prince of Persia (Infy): Iranian APT reboots after war lull — Tornado second stage found on US shared hosting, Telegram-bot exfiltration, DGA domains with RSA-locked C2

3 procedures
  • Windows

deepveindrilling Magento loaderExploitation

deepveindrilling.com: Sansec exposes 953-store Magento loader campaign — cms_block database implant, fingerprint-gated serving, localStorage persistence

2 procedures

testmetest / CementBeetleSteepleAI-driven

testmetest npm campaign: native-addon camouflage, AI IDE hooks and OIDC trusted-publishing abuse link 42 hijacked repos to a hidden npm publisher

2 procedures
  • Microsoft 365
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • GitHub

uCreator / YingGai

uCreator (YingGai): commercial Android platform exposes Telegram credential-capture and WeChat account-cloning capabilities in repackaged apps

2 procedures

Gheist

Gheist: stolen GitHub tokens dump repo secrets into Actions logs with no C2 server

4 procedures
  • Microsoft 365
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • GitHub

Ebury Tor exits

Ebury operators hijacked 333 Tor exit relays into SSH password-interception traps

3 procedures
  • Linux

LiteLLM attack chain

LiteLLM release-pipeline hijack root cause: unrevoked master key, stolen org-owner tokens, branch-protection override and audit-log-visible cover-up

3 procedures
  • GitHub

Bronze Sandcastle

BRONZE SANDCASTLE: Sandboxie DLL sideloading delivers modified Meterpreter backdoors and ntds.dit shadow-copy theft

2 procedures
  • Windows

Amazon ClickFix (Doina)

Amazon-themed malvertising ClickFix: finger.exe LOLBin staging delivers Doina loader and suspected Lumma Stealer via process hollowing

5 procedures
  • Windows

Wazza device-code phishkitPhishing

Wazza phishkit: staged routing and document-verification device-code phishing against Microsoft 365

3 procedures
  • Entra ID
  • Cloudflare

ARTEX Okta/Entra spray campaignAI-driven

ARTEX/Storm-0940 identity campaign: AI agent sprays Okta, Entra and Cognito at software vendors

5 procedures
  • Entra ID
  • AWS
  • Okta

BlackX UEFI bootkitExploitation

BlackX UEFI bootkit: APT41-attributed (medium confidence) revival of BlackLotus defeats Secure Boot on fully patched Windows

3 procedures
  • Windows

Majinahanashi ransomwareRansomware

Majinahanashi ransomware: green-dashboard evasion via WFP/QoS agent throttling, 14-second recovery kill, striped stealth encryption

3 procedures
  • Defender
  • Windows

APT28 Hookedge NATO campaign

Swallowtail/APT28 NATO espionage: Hookedge delivery, planted-key SSH tunnel, loopback NTLM capture and a runtime-key loader

4 procedures
  • Windows

Heartbreaker macOS ransomwareRansomware

Heartbreaker: metamorphic macOS ransomware with attempted self-recompilation and demonstrated entropy-based detection

3 procedures
  • macOS

GCP billing LLMjackingAI-drivenPhishing

GCP billing-account hijack for LLMjacking: search-ad phishing to cross-tenant Gemini inference at the victim's expense

4 procedures
  • GCP

OVHcloud CLI envcheckerAI-driven

OVHcloud CLI release-asset compromise: envchecker stealer distributed via hijacked GitHub releases

2 procedures
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • GitHub

Aokigahara AI-session stealerAI-driven

Aokigahara infostealer: dedicated AI-assistant and developer-tool session theft with X25519/AES-GCM exfiltration

5 procedures
  • Windows
  • AWS

Lazarus FlashHolePhishing

Lazarus Operation FlashHole: CrossWeb EX abuse with mscoree sideload persistence, masqueraded services and GitHub-repo C2 delivering post-quantum-protected payloads

6 procedures
  • Microsoft 365
  • Windows
  • GitHub

MythicRatatoskr Yggdrasil C2Phishing

MythicRatatoskr: Yggdrasil-mesh C2 backdoor in UAC-0099/Sandworm Ukraine wiper operation

6 procedures
  • Windows

k0t edge-device campaignExploitation

k0t edge-device credential-theft campaign: FortiWeb/FortiGate/GlobalProtect compromise with offline FortiGate config decryption, MeshCentral and AdaptixC2 persistence, Rclone exfiltration

8 procedures
  • Windows
  • Fortinet
  • Palo Alto

M365 token spray and replay

[TEST] M365 token spray and replay: AiTM and device-code sessions replayed from 1337 Services hosting, then rogue Entra devices, swapped MFA and hidden inbox rules

5 procedures
  • Entra ID
  • Microsoft 365

LiteLLM 1.107.0 backdoorAI-drivenSupply chain

LiteLLM 1.107.0 supply-chain compromise: Python startup-hook credential stealer and remote-code loader run in any Python process

5 procedures
  • Defender
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • GitHub

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