Signed malware impersonating workplace apps deploys RMM backdoors
Signed malware backed by a stolen EV certificate deployed legitimate RMM tools to gain persistent access inside enterprise environments.
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OAuth redirection abuse enables phishing and malware delivery
OAuth redirection is being repurposed as a phishing delivery path. -
Threat modeling AI applications
AI threat modeling helps teams identify misuse, emergent risk, and failure modes in probabilistic and agentic AI systems. -
Developer-targeting campaign using malicious Next.js repositories
A developer-targeting campaign leveraged malicious Next. Prevent threats with Microsoft Defender
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Scaling security operations with Microsoft Defender autonomous defense and expert-led services
AI-powered cyberattacks outpace aging SOC tools, and this new guide explains why manual defense fails and how autonomous, expert-led security transforms modern protection. -
Running OpenClaw safely: identity, isolation, and runtime risk
Self-hosted agents execute code with durable credentials and process untrusted input. -
Detecting and mitigating common agent misconfigurations
Agents are increasingly powerful. With that power comes risk: small misconfigurations, over‑broad sharing, unauthenticated access, and weak orchestration controls can create real exposure. -
Manipulating AI memory for profit: The rise of AI Recommendation Poisoning
That helpful “Summarize with AI” button? It might be secretly manipulating what your AI recommends. Retain Microsoft Security Experts
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Analysis of active exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk
We are seeing exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk via CVE‑2025‑40551 and CVE‑2025‑40536 that can lead to domain compromise; here is how to patch, hunt, and mitigate now. -
New Clickfix variant ‘CrashFix’ deploying Python Remote Access Trojan
CrashFix crashes browsers to coerce users into executing commands that deploy a Python RAT, abusing finger. -
Infostealers without borders: macOS, Python stealers, and platform abuse
How modern infostealers target macOS systems, leverage Python‑based stealers, and abuse trusted platforms and utilities to distribute credential‑stealing payloads. -
Turning threat reports into detection insights with AI
Security teams often spend days manually turning long incident reports and threat writeups into actionable detections by extracting TTPs.
