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.
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Streamline privacy management with Microsoft Priva
Protect and govern personal information, reduce privacy risks, and manage subject rights requests at scale with Microsoft Priva privacy risk management solutions.
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AI as tradecraft: How threat actors operationalize AI
Threat actors are operationalizing AI to scale and sustain malicious activity, accelerating tradecraft and increasing risk for defenders, as illustrated by recent activity from North Korean groups such as Jasper Sleet and Coral Sleet (formerly Storm-1877). -
Inside Tycoon2FA: How a leading AiTM phishing kit operated at scale
Tycoon2FA has become a leading phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms, enabling campaigns that reach over 500,000 organizations monthly, prompting Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) to work with Europol and industry partners to facilitate a disruption of Tycoon2FA’s infrastructure and operations. -
Defending against the CVE-2025-55182 (React2Shell) vulnerability in React Server Components
CVE-2025-55182 (also referred to as React2Shell and includes CVE-2025-66478, which was merged into it) is a critical pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting React Server Components and related frameworks. Simplify endpoint management with Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based unified endpoint management platform that empowers IT to manage, assess, and protect apps and devices.
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Imposter for hire: How fake people can gain very real access
Fake employees are an emerging cybersecurity threat. -
Shai-Hulud 2.0: Guidance for detecting, investigating, and defending against the supply chain attack
The Shai‑Hulud 2.0 supply chain attack represents one of the most significant cloud-native ecosystem compromises observed recently. -
Changing the physics of cyber defense
Cyber defense is evolving. Find out how graph-powered strategies and AI can help organizations detect threats faster and improve security hygiene. -
SesameOp: Novel backdoor uses OpenAI Assistants API for command and control
Microsoft Incident Response – Detection and Response Team (DART) researchers uncovered a new backdoor that is notable for its novel use of the OpenAI Assistants Application Programming Interface (API) as a mechanism for command-and-control (C2) communications. Secure and verify every identity with Microsoft Entra
Microsoft Entra expands beyond identity and access management with new product categories such as cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) and decentralized identity.
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Disrupting threats targeting Microsoft Teams
Threat actors seek to abuse Microsoft Teams features and capabilities across the attack chain, underscoring the importance for defenders to proactively monitor, detect, and respond effectively. -
Investigating active exploitation of CVE-2025-10035 GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer vulnerability
Storm-1175, a financially motivated actor known for deploying Medusa ransomware and exploiting public-facing applications for initial access, was observed exploiting the deserialization vulnerability in GoAnywhere MFT’s License Servlet, tracked as CVE-2025-10035. -
XCSSET evolves again: Analyzing the latest updates to XCSSET’s inventory
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has uncovered a new variant of the XCSSET malware, which is designed to infect Xcode projects, typically used by software developers building Apple or macOS-related applications. -
Storm-0501’s evolving techniques lead to cloud-based ransomware
Financially motivated threat actor Storm-0501 has continuously evolved their campaigns to achieve sharpened focus on cloud-based tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
