A threat actor is using an AI-built ransomware attack toolkit that automates Active Directory discovery and helps evade endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions. […]
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Meet GREYVIBE, the Russia-Linked Hacking Group Using AI to Target Ukraine and Still Making Rookie Mistakes
GREYVIBE, a Russia-linked group active since 2025, targets Ukraine with AI-assisted malware and five attack chains. Researchers say it’s part spy op, part crime gang. Security firm WithSecure has been tracking a previously unknown Russian-linked APT group called GREYVIBE since at least August 2025. The group targets Ukraine and Ukrainian-related organizations across military, government, civilian,…
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New threat actor JINX-0164 targets crypto firms with macOS malware
The campaign, active since mid-2025, uses recruitment-themed social engineering to lure developers into downloading a Python-based infostealer and remote access trojan named AUDIOFIX.
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Can you enforce strong Active Directory password rules without frustrating users?
Strong Active Directory passwords don’t have to come at the expense of usability. Specops Software explains how passphrases, breached password protection, and self-service resets can improve security without frustrating users. […]
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AI Chatbot Recommendations Redirect Users to Cryptojacking Malware Sites
Microsoft has warned of an active cryptojacking campaign that makes use of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot interactions as a mechanism for surfacing malicious download sites. “This emerging delivery technique extends social engineering beyond conventional search results and increases the visibility of malicious software recommendations,” Microsoft Defender Experts and the Microsoft
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Drupal bug added to CISA list of known exploited vulnerabilities
Drupal SQL injection flaw CVE-2026-9082 added to CISA KEV as active attacks target sites.
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You can now nominate vulnerabilities for CISA’s KEV with this form
CISA seeks to engage the wider community to more quickly identify active exploitation.
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Deleted Google API Keys Remain Active up to 23 Minutes, Study Finds
Deleted Google API Keys remain active for up to 23 minutes after deletion, exposing GCP, Gemini, BigQuery, and Maps data to attackers.
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⚡ Weekly Recap: Exchange 0-Day, npm Worm, Fake AI Repo, Cisco Exploit and More
Monday opens with a trust problem. A mail server flaw is under active use. A network control system was targeted. Trusted packages were poisoned. A fake model page pushed a stealer. Then came the familiar ransom claim: the data was returned and deleted. The pattern is clear. One weak dependency can leak keys. One leaked…
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Avada Builder WordPress plugin flaws allow site credential theft
Two vulnerabilities in the Avada Builder plugin for WordPress, with an estimated one million active installations, allow hackers to read arbitrary files and extract sensitive information from the database. […]
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FlowerStorm phishing gang adopts virtual-machine obfuscation to evade email defenses
A widely active phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation known as FlowerStorm has begun using a browser-based virtual machine to conceal credential theft code, marking what researchers say is an escalation in phishing-kit sophistication that could make attacks harder for traditional email and static-analysis tools to detect. Researchers at Sublime Security said in April that they identified the…
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Stealthy hackers exploit cPanel flaw in active backdoor campaign (CVE-2026-41940)
Security researchers at XLab have outlined an active attack campaign targeting CVE-2026-41940, the recently disclosed vulnerability in cPanel & WHM, and have linked it to a stealthy hacking group that has been operating largely undetected for years. The vulnerability allows an attacker to log into a cPanel server without a username or password, effectively handing…
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Why Changing Passwords Doesn’t End an Active Directory Breach
Resetting a password doesn’t always remove attackers from Active Directory. Specops Software explains how cached credentials and Kerberos tickets can keep attackers authenticated after a reset. […]
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Hackers abuse Google ads, Claude.ai chats to push Mac malware
Attackers are abusing Google Ads and legitimate Claude.ai shared chats in an active malvertising campaign. Users searching for “Claude mac download” may come across sponsored search results that list claude.ai as the target website, but lead to instructions that install malware on their Mac. […]
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Ahead of Race to IPO, OpenAI Discussed Spinning Out Robotics, Hardware Divisions
The company is considering an Alphabet-like structure for its portfolio of products, though no discussions are currently active.
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Phishing Campaign Hits 80+ Orgs Using SimpleHelp and ScreenConnect RMM Tools
An active phishing campaign has been observed targeting multiple vectors since at least April 2025, with legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software as a way to establish persistent remote access to compromised hosts. The activity, codenamed VENOMOUS#HELPER, has impacted over 80 organizations, most of which are in the U.S., according to Securonix. It shares…
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Exploits Turn Windows Defender into Attacker Tool
Three proof-of-concept exploits are being used in active attacks against Microsoft’s built-in security platform; two are unpatched.
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OpenAI Is Working With Consultants to Sell Codex
The ChatGPT maker said it has four million weekly active users for its AI coding tool, up from three million two weeks ago.
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NGate NFC malware targets Android users through trojanized payment app
NFC-based payment fraud is expanding geographically and operationally. A campaign active since November 2025 is targeting Android users in Brazil using a new variant of the NGate malware family, this time embedded in a trojanized version of HandyPay, a legitimate NFC relay application available on Google Play since 2021. ESET Research identified the campaign and…
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New RecruitRat, SaferRat, Astrinox, Massiv Android Malware Found Targeting 800 Apps
New research from Zimperium reveals four active Android malware campaigns, RecruitRat, SaferRat, Astrinox, and Massiv, targeting over 800 banking apps globally.
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Critical Exploits, AI Shifts, and Major Breaches Redefine Cybersecurity This Week
Major Threats & Vulnerabilities Zero-Day and Active Exploits A critical flaw in Nginx UI is being actively exploited in the wild, allowing unauthenticated users to perform privileged actions through an unprotected endpoint. Administrators are urged to patch immediately and restrict public access to management interfaces. The EngageLab SDK vulnerability affecting over 50 million Android users…
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Apache ActiveMQ CVE-2026-34197 Added to CISA KEV Amid Active Exploitation
A recently disclosed high-severity security flaw in Apache ActiveMQ Classic has come under active exploitation in the wild, per the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). To that end, the agency has added the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-34197 (CVSS score: 8.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, requiring Federal Civilian
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Newly Discovered PowMix Botnet Hits Czech Workers Using Randomized C2 Traffic
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an active malicious campaign that’s targeting the workforce in the Czech Republic with a previously undocumented botnet dubbed PowMix since at least December 2025. “PowMix employs randomized command-and-control (C2) beaconing intervals, rather than persistent connection to the C2 server, to evade the network signature detections,” Cisco Talos
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BlobPhish: The Phantom Phishing Campaign Hiding in Browser Memory
ANY.RUN has observed a sustained surge in a credential-phishing campaign active since 2024. This campaign, dubbed BlobPhish, introduces a sneaky twist: instead of delivering phishing pages via traditional HTTP requests, it generates them directly inside the victim’s browser using blob objects. The result is a phishing payload that lives entirely in memory, leaving little to no trace in logs, caches,…
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Active HanGhost Loader Campaign Targets Enterprise Payment and Logistics Workflows
Active HanGhost Loader campaign targets enterprise payment and logistics workflows with fileless attacks, multi-stage execution, and stealthy malware delivery.
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Why Your Deprecated Endpoints Are an Attacker’s Best Friend: The Rise of Ghost APIs
Ghost APIs are deprecated endpoints left active, exposing systems to attack. Learn how they differ from shadow APIs and why they create hidden security risks
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Critical Marimo pre-auth RCE flaw now under active exploitation
A critical pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Marimo is now under active exploitation, leveraged for credential theft. […]
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Masjesu botnet targets IoT devices while evading high-profile networks
Masjesu is a stealthy DDoS-for-hire botnet targeting IoT devices, active since 2023 and designed to stay hidden by avoiding high-profile networks. Masjesu is a stealthy botnet active since 2023, advertised as a DDoS-for-hire service. It targets IoT devices like routers and gateways, spanning multiple architectures. Designed for persistence, it executes carefully, avoiding high-profile IP ranges…
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Datto RMM Exploited in Phishing Attack, Researchers Warn
Security researchers have uncovered an active phishing campaign that abuses Datto’s remote monitoring and management platform, CentraStage, as a command-and-control channel, giving attackers full interactive control over compromised systems while flying under the radar of traditional security defenses. Phishing campaign delivers remote access trojan via fake files The campaign, tracked by the Fortra Intelligence and…
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Over 1,000 Exposed ComfyUI Instances Targeted in Cryptomining Botnet Campaign
An active campaign has been observed targeting internet-exposed instances running ComfyUI, a popular stable diffusion platform, to enlist them into a cryptocurrency mining and proxy botnet. “A purpose-built Python scanner continuously sweeps major cloud IP ranges for vulnerable targets, automatically installing malicious nodes via ComfyUI-Manager if no exploitable node is already
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How LiteLLM Turned Developer Machines Into Credential Vaults for Attackers
The most active piece of enterprise infrastructure in the company is the developer workstation. That laptop is where credentials are created, tested, cached, copied, and reused across services, bots, build tools, and now local AI agents. In March 2026, the TeamPCP threat actor proved just how valuable developer machines are. Their supply chain attack on
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Silver Fox Expands Asia Cyber Campaign with AtlasCross RAT and Fake Domains
Chinese-speaking users are the target of an active campaign that uses typosquatted domains impersonating trusted software brands to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan named AtlasCross RAT. “The operation covers VPN clients, encrypted messengers, video conferencing tools, cryptocurrency trackers, and e-commerce applications, with eleven confirmed delivery domains impersonating
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File read flaw in Smart Slider plugin impacts 500K WordPress sites
A vulnerability in the Smart Slider 3 WordPress plugin, active on more than 800,000 websites, can be exploited to allow subscriber-level users access to arbitrary files on the server. […]
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ShinyHunters Walk Away from BreachForums, Leak 300,000-User Database
ShinyHunters leaves BreachForums, leaks data of 300,000 users, warns all active domains are fake, and threatens more leaks from forum backups.
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Active Magecart Campaign Targets Spain, Steals Card Data via Hijacked eStores for Bank Fraud
A large-scale magecart operation remained active for over 24 months, leveraging an infrastructure of 100+ domains. While the targeted victims are e-commerce websites, the actual pressure falls on banks and payment systems. As ANY.RUN’s analysis shows, threat actors applied multi-step checkout hijacking, payment page mimicry, and WebSocket-based exfiltration of card data. This report provides both executive-level insights and technical analysis of the campaign. Key Takeaways The campaign demonstrates long-term persistence…
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Global Magecart Campaign Puts Banks Under Pressure, Leveraging Redsys Payment Mimicry and Hijacking
A large-scale magecart operation remained active for over 24 months, leveraging an infrastructure of 100+ domains. While the targeted victims are e-commerce websites, the actual pressure falls on banks and payment systems. As ANY.RUN’s analysis shows, threat actors applied multi-step checkout hijacking, payment page mimicry, and WebSocket-based exfiltration of card data. This report provides both executive-level insights and technical analysis of the campaign. Key Takeaways The campaign demonstrates long-term persistence…
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Device Code Phishing Hits 340+ Microsoft 365 Orgs Across Five Countries via OAuth Abuse
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to an active device code phishing campaign that’s targeting Microsoft 365 identities across more than 340 organizations in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Germany. The activity, per Huntress, was first spotted on February 19, 2026, with subsequent cases appearing at an accelerated pace since then. Notably, the campaign…
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Tax Search Ads Deliver ScreenConnect Malware Using Huawei Driver to Disable EDR
A large-scale malvertising campaign active since January 2026 has been observed targeting U.S.-based individuals searching for tax-related documents to serve rogue installers for ConnectWise ScreenConnect that drop a tool named HwAudKiller to blind security programs using the bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) technique. “The campaign abuses Google Ads to serve rogue ScreenConnect (
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Critical Langflow Flaw CVE-2026-33017 Triggers Attacks within 20 Hours of Disclosure
A critical security flaw impacting Langflow has come under active exploitation within 20 hours of public disclosure, highlighting the speed at which threat actors weaponize newly published vulnerabilities. The security defect, tracked as CVE-2026-33017 (CVSS score: 9.3), is a case of missing authentication combined with code injection that could result in remote code execution. “The…
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Ransomware group exploited Cisco firewall vulnerability as a zero day, weeks before a patch appeared
One of the world’s most active ransomware groups, Interlock, started exploiting a critical-rated Cisco firewall vulnerability as a zero day weeks before it was patched in early March, Amazon has revealed. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-20131, a remotely exploitable deserialization flaw in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software which was given a maximum…
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Samba 4.24.0 ships Kerberos hardening and a CVE fix for domain encryption defaults
Samba 4.24.0 arrived carrying a set of Kerberos security changes aimed at Active Directory deployments. The release fixes a vulnerability, extends audit coverage for sensitive AD attributes, and introduces configuration options to counter two related Kerberos impersonation techniques. A CVE drives the encryption default change The most directly security-relevant change in 4.24.0 is a shift…
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Interlock Ransomware Exploits Cisco FMC Zero-Day CVE-2026-20131 for Root Access
Amazon Threat Intelligence is warning of an active Interlock ransomware campaign that’s exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-20131 (CVSS score: 10.0), a case of insecure deserialization of user-supplied Java byte stream, which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to
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Amazon threat intelligence teams identify Interlock ransomware campaign targeting enterprise firewalls
Amazon threat intelligence has identified an active Interlock ransomware campaign exploiting CVE-2026-20131, a critical vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary Java code as root on an affected device, which was disclosed by Cisco on March 4, 2026. After Cisco’s disclosure, Amazon threat…
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Druva connects identity data and behavior to restore access after attacks
Druva has revealed Druva Identity Resilience, adding support for Okta and Microsoft Active Directory alongside Microsoft Entra ID. Druva Identity Resilience delivers unified protection, cyber recovery, and threat detection and response in a single SaaS platform, bringing disparate identity providers together so security and IT teams can restore trusted access through one coordinated process. Identity-driven…
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Xona Systems brings real-time threat response to OT remote access sessions
Xona Systems has introduced Active Defense, a new capability that enables organizations to stop threats during live remote access sessions in operational technology (OT) environments automatically, without waiting for manual intervention. In many environments, the gap between detecting suspicious activity and stopping an active session can stretch from minutes to hours, leaving adversaries connected to…
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iTWire TV: 13 People, 19,500 Screens: How Fusion Signage Outmanoeuvres Samsung on Simplicity
The Australian digital signage startup that grew to thousands of active licenses by doing one thing the hardware giants can’t: staying small on purpose.
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VIDEO INTERVIEW: 13 People, 19,500 Screens: How Fusion Signage Outmanoeuvres Samsung on Simplicity
The Australian digital signage startup that grew to thousands of active licenses by doing one thing the hardware giants can’t: staying small on purpose.
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Active Directory Flaw Enables SYSTEM Privilege Escalation
A vulnerability in Microsoft’s Active Directory Domain Services could allow attackers to escalate privileges and potentially take full control of affected systems. “Improper restriction of names for files and other resources in Active Directory Domain Services allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network,” said Microsoft in its advisory. How the Active Directory…
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Xygeni GitHub Action Compromised Via Tag Poison
Attackers operated an active C2 implant for up to a week and compromised AppSec vendor Xygeni’s xygeni/xygeni-action in that time.
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Through the Lens of MDR: Analysis of KongTuke’s ClickFix Abuse of Compromised WordPress Sites
Our analysis of an active KongTuke campaign deploying modeloRAT — malware capable of reconnaissance, command execution, and persistent access — through compromised WordPress sites and fake CAPTCHA lures shows that the group still operates this delivery chain in parallel with the newer CrashFix technique.
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Iran-linked APT targets US critical sectors with new backdoors
An Iran-linked hacking group has been active inside the networks of several US organizations since early February, raising concerns that the activity could precede broader cyber operations connected to escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. New backdoors used by Seedworm Symantec and Carbon Black researchers have attributed the activity to Seedworm (aka MuddyWater), an…
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The Active Adversary Report: Safety in numbers
What a long, strange trip it’s been Categories: Security Operations Tags: Active Adversary
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Malicious npm Packages Harvest Crypto Keys, CI Secrets, and API Tokens
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed what they say is an active “Shai-Hulud-like” supply chain worm campaign that has leveraged a cluster of at least 19 malicious npm packages to enable credential harvesting and cryptocurrency key theft. The campaign has been codenamed SANDWORM_MODE by supply chain security company Socket. As with prior Shai-Hulud attack waves, the malicious…
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New ‘Massiv’ Android banking malware poses as an IPTV app
A newly identified Android banking trojan named Massiv has been under active distribution across south Europe, disguised as an IPTV app. […]
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CVE-2026-2441: Google Patches Chrome Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild
Right after Apple’s CVE-2026-20700 zero-day under active exploitation made headlines, Google released security updates for Chrome to address the first actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2026. CVE-2026-2441 Analysis The high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-2441, is a use-after-free vulnerability in Chrome’s CSS component. NIST’s NVD description notes that the issue could allow a remote attacker to…
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Attackers abuse SolarWinds Web Help Desk to install Zoho agents and Velociraptor
Huntress confirmed active SolarWinds Web Help Desk exploits, where attackers installed Zoho tools for persistence, and used Velociraptor for control. On February 7, 2026, Huntress investigated an active attack abusing SolarWinds Web Help Desk flaws. Attackers exploited unpatched versions to run code remotely, then quickly installed Zoho ManageEngine tools for persistent remote access and Cloudflare…
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Attackers abuse SolarWinds Web Help Desk to install Zoho agents and Velociraptor
Huntress confirmed active SolarWinds Web Help Desk exploits, where attackers installed Zoho tools for persistence, and used Velociraptor for control. On February 7, 2026, Huntress investigated an active attack abusing SolarWinds Web Help Desk flaws. Attackers exploited unpatched versions to run code remotely, then quickly installed Zoho ManageEngine tools for persistent remote access and Cloudflare…
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Attackers abuse SolarWinds Web Help Desk to install Zoho agents and Velociraptor
Huntress confirmed active SolarWinds Web Help Desk exploits, where attackers installed Zoho tools for persistence, and used Velociraptor for control. On February 7, 2026, Huntress investigated an active attack abusing SolarWinds Web Help Desk flaws. Attackers exploited unpatched versions to run code remotely, then quickly installed Zoho ManageEngine tools for persistent remote access and Cloudflare…
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Attackers abuse SolarWinds Web Help Desk to install Zoho agents and Velociraptor
Huntress confirmed active SolarWinds Web Help Desk exploits, where attackers installed Zoho tools for persistence, and used Velociraptor for control. On February 7, 2026, Huntress investigated an active attack abusing SolarWinds Web Help Desk flaws. Attackers exploited unpatched versions to run code remotely, then quickly installed Zoho ManageEngine tools for persistent remote access and Cloudflare…
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Helpful Skills or Hidden Payloads? Bitdefender Labs Dives Deep into the OpenClaw Malicious Skill Trap
New research from Bitdefender Labs has uncovered extensive and active abuse within the rapidly growing OpenClaw AI skills ecosystem, revealing how seemingly helpful automation tools are being weaponised to deliver malware, steal credentials, and compromise both consumer and corporate environments.
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Helpful Skills or Hidden Payloads? Bitdefender Labs Dives Deep into the OpenClaw Malicious Skill Trap
New research from Bitdefender Labs has uncovered extensive and active abuse within the rapidly growing OpenClaw AI skills ecosystem, revealing how seemingly helpful automation tools are being weaponised to deliver malware, steal credentials, and compromise both consumer and corporate environments.
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Helpful Skills or Hidden Payloads? Bitdefender Labs Dives Deep into the OpenClaw Malicious Skill Trap
New research from Bitdefender Labs has uncovered extensive and active abuse within the rapidly growing OpenClaw AI skills ecosystem, revealing how seemingly helpful automation tools are being weaponised to deliver malware, steal credentials, and compromise both consumer and corporate environments.
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Explore scaling options for AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory
You can use AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory as your primary Active Directory Forest for hosting your users’ identities. Your IT teams can continue using existing skills and applications while your organization benefits from the enhanced security, reliability, and scalability of AWS managed services. You can also run AWS Managed Microsoft AD as…