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TEST: CL-STA-0954 pivots from a hacked FortiManager to managed FortiGates, injecting into log daemons
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TEST: CL-STA-0954 pivots from a hacked FortiManager to managed FortiGates, injecting into log daemons
Leaked LiteLLM key lets attacker ship 1.107.0, a PyPI release that steals cloud and AI keys
DPRK IT workers use facilitator laptop farms and disguised capture cards to hold jobs, steal data
CL-STA-0954 pivots from a hacked FortiManager to managed FortiGates, injecting into log daemons
Exploited Windows Shell zero-day CVE-2026-96951 runs crafted files without MOTW warnings
Suspected Cl0p affiliates exploit PTC Windchill/FlexPLM to steal engineering data for extortion
Teams help-dek impostors chain Quick Assist sessions into AD CS ESC1/ESC8 certificate abuse
Phishing lures enroll endpoints in rogue MDM that deploys self-healing ScreenConnect
GhostAction October escalation: 72K-commit GitHub campaign hits CI, dev machines, OIDC
SolanaCry poisons Solana starter kits that AI coding agents pick from search results
Compromised camera management software seeds WpcMon sideload and reverse shell
FortiBleed 2.0: cracked FortiGate config credentials expose 975 more domains and AD binds
VAPOR PANDA runs ARTEX agent intrusions against 200+ orgs with BLOODALCHEMY follow-on
NIK C2 implant runs OpenAI inference from victim hosts, funding it with their API keys
MadApe kit abuses Microsoft Device Code flow via PDF lures to steal MFA-satisfied tokens
AI-agent impersonation scanner abuses bot allowlists to hunt exposed credentials
Fake Claude install guides on claude.ai deliver AMOS and .NET RAT via Google Ads
KeyDrift framework hijacks Cisco SD-WAN control plane to harvest IPsec keys
PHP2Shell-Fragnesia chain roots exposed firewall management interfaces, pivots to AD
Trojanized official Claude Code VS Code extension plants persistent SSH backdoor
n0n crew stuffs FortiGate VPNs and weak admin credentials, then encrypts or deletes data
Volt Typhoon hides zero-day attacks on SD-WAN and RMM consoles behind throwaway SOHO relay chains
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
Yoba: signed ChatGPT/Claude binaries from fake GitHub repos sideload a dropper with Telegram-photo DGA tasking and Tor-mined XMRig
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
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
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
deepveindrilling.com: Sansec exposes 953-store Magento loader campaign — cms_block database implant, fingerprint-gated serving, localStorage persistence
testmetest npm campaign: native-addon camouflage, AI IDE hooks and OIDC trusted-publishing abuse link 42 hijacked repos to a hidden npm publisher
uCreator (YingGai): commercial Android platform exposes Telegram credential-capture and WeChat account-cloning capabilities in repackaged apps
Gheist: stolen GitHub tokens dump repo secrets into Actions logs with no C2 server
Ebury operators hijacked 333 Tor exit relays into SSH password-interception traps
LiteLLM release-pipeline hijack root cause: unrevoked master key, stolen org-owner tokens, branch-protection override and audit-log-visible cover-up
BRONZE SANDCASTLE: Sandboxie DLL sideloading delivers modified Meterpreter backdoors and ntds.dit shadow-copy theft
Amazon-themed malvertising ClickFix: finger.exe LOLBin staging delivers Doina loader and suspected Lumma Stealer via process hollowing
Wazza phishkit: staged routing and document-verification device-code phishing against Microsoft 365
ARTEX/Storm-0940 identity campaign: AI agent sprays Okta, Entra and Cognito at software vendors
BlackX UEFI bootkit: APT41-attributed (medium confidence) revival of BlackLotus defeats Secure Boot on fully patched Windows
Majinahanashi ransomware: green-dashboard evasion via WFP/QoS agent throttling, 14-second recovery kill, striped stealth encryption
Swallowtail/APT28 NATO espionage: Hookedge delivery, planted-key SSH tunnel, loopback NTLM capture and a runtime-key loader
Heartbreaker: metamorphic macOS ransomware with attempted self-recompilation and demonstrated entropy-based detection
GCP billing-account hijack for LLMjacking: search-ad phishing to cross-tenant Gemini inference at the victim's expense
OVHcloud CLI release-asset compromise: envchecker stealer distributed via hijacked GitHub releases
Aokigahara infostealer: dedicated AI-assistant and developer-tool session theft with X25519/AES-GCM exfiltration
Lazarus Operation FlashHole: CrossWeb EX abuse with mscoree sideload persistence, masqueraded services and GitHub-repo C2 delivering post-quantum-protected payloads
MythicRatatoskr: Yggdrasil-mesh C2 backdoor in UAC-0099/Sandworm Ukraine wiper operation
k0t edge-device credential-theft campaign: FortiWeb/FortiGate/GlobalProtect compromise with offline FortiGate config decryption, MeshCentral and AdaptixC2 persistence, Rclone exfiltration
[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
LiteLLM 1.107.0 supply-chain compromise: Python startup-hook credential stealer and remote-code loader run in any Python process
That's the latest 50. Looking for older threats? Every one is in the threat archive.