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April 7

9 min read

SOHO router compromise leads to DNS hijacking and adversary-in-the-middle attacks

Executive summary Forest Blizzard, a threat actor linked to the Russian military, has been compromising insecure home and small-office internet equipment like routers, then modifying their settings in ways that turn them into part of the actor’s malicious infrastructure.
April 6

16 min read

Inside an AI‑enabled device code phishing campaign

A new wave of device code phishing shows how threat actors are scaling account compromise using AI and end‑to‑end automation.
April 6

12 min read

Storm-1175 focuses gaze on vulnerable web-facing assets in high-tempo Medusa ransomware operations

The financially motivated cybercriminal threat actor Storm-1175 operates high-velocity ransomware campaigns that weaponize recently disclosed vulnerabilities to obtain initial access, exfiltrate data, and deploy Medusa ransomware.
April 2

13 min read

Cookie-controlled PHP webshells: A stealthy tradecraft in Linux hosting environments

Cookie-gated PHP webshells use obfuscation, php-fpm execution, and cron-based persistence to evade detection in Linux hosting environments.
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April 1

16 min read

Mitigating the Axios npm supply chain compromise

On March 31, 2026, the popular HTTP client Axios experienced a supply chain attack, causing two newly published npm packages for version updates to download from command and control (C2) that Microsoft Threat Intelligence has attributed to the North Korean state actor Sapphire Sleet.
March 27

7 min read

How Microsoft Defender protects high-value assets in real-world attack scenarios

High-value assets including domain controllers, web servers, and identity infrastructure are frequent targets in sophisticated attacks.
March 24

9 min read

Guidance for detecting, investigating, and defending against the Trivy supply chain compromise

Threat actors abused trusted Trivy distribution channels to inject credential‑stealing malware into CI/CD pipelines worldwide.
March 23

7 min read

Case study: How predictive shielding in Defender stopped GPO-based ransomware before it started

Microsoft Defender stopped a human-operated ransomware attack that abused Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to disable defenses and push encryption at scale.
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March 20

9 min read

Secure agentic AI end-to-end

In this agentic era, security must be woven into, and around, every layer of the AI estate.
March 19

14 min read

When tax season becomes cyberattack season: Phishing and malware campaigns using tax-related lures

During tax season, threat actors reliably take advantage of the urgency and familiarity of time-sensitive emails, including refund notices, payroll forms, filing reminders, and requests from tax professionals, to push malicious attachments, links, or QR codes.
March 12

9 min read

Storm-2561 uses SEO poisoning to distribute fake VPN clients for credential theft

Storm-2561 uses SEO poisoning to push fake VPN downloads that install signed trojans and steal VPN credentials.
March 12

4 min read

From transparency to action: What the latest Microsoft email security benchmark reveals

The latest Microsoft benchmarking data reveals how Microsoft Defender mitigates modern email threats compared to SEG and ICES vendors.

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