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September 25 9 min read

Storm-3168: Agentic-driven cloud attacks using compromised service principals

Microsoft details JADEPUFFER-linked Azure reconnaissance, resource deletion, and credential access using compromised service principals, identifying the activity as associated with Storm-3168 and providing guidance for defenders.
September 24 12 min read

Beyond the ransomware: Tracking Storm-2570’s consistent tradecraft across deployments

Storm-2570 is a ransomware affiliate that uses consistent post-compromise tools and techniques across deployments involving Qilin, DragonForce, Anubis, and BERT ransomware, and provides guidance to help defenders detect and disrupt this activity before ransomware deployment.
September 22 15 min read

Unmasking EvilTokens: Getting to the root of device code phishing

EvilTokens has quickly become one of the top PhaaS platforms, enabling device code phishing attacks through AI-assisted lures, automated infrastructure, and token theft.
September 10 9 min read

Protecting organizations from AI-assisted executive impersonation and invoice fraud

Microsoft examines an AI-assisted business email compromise campaign that used executive impersonation and fake invoices to target finance teams with ACH payment fraud.
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September 9 19 min read

Passkey-themed social engineering leads to identity and cloud compromise

Passkey-themed social engineering is being used to compromise identities and enable broader cloud attacks.
September 3 17 min read

ASCII smuggling crosses over from AI prompt injection to phishing evasion

Invisible Unicode characters popularized for hiding instructions from AI models are now being used to obfuscate words before email filters parse them.
September 2 16 min read

Impersonating IT support: how threat actors turn a remote session into enterprise-wide access

Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed a human-operated intrusion campaign that abuses Microsoft Teams external collaboration to impersonate IT support, gain remote access, and deploy a Node.
September 1 18 min read

Counterfeit installers to system compromise: Tracking a deceptive software download campaign

An active campaign is impersonating legitimate software vendors to deliver malware through look-alike download pages and regenerated installer archives.
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August 28 16 min read

TerminalFix campaign deploys a reverse tunnel through multistage intrusion

Microsoft Threat Intelligence provides analysis of a ClickFix campaign that uses fake CAPTCHA prompts, DLL sideloading, and a reverse tunnel, with detections and hunting guidance.
August 10 20 min read

DeadLock ransomware: Breaking down a Rust-based encryptor with decentralized recovery infrastructure

Microsoft Threat Intelligence examines DeadLock ransomware, an emerging financially motivated operation distinguished by its use of decentralized infrastructure to support victim communications, negotiations, and data leak operations alongside double extortion tactics used to pressure victims.
August 5 13 min read

From open lures to cloaked gates: How a macOS ClickFix campaign learned to hide

A macOS ClickFix campaign shifted tactics from openly serving infostealer lures to hiding them behind a browser-fingerprinting gate.
August 4 10 min read

ChainDrop supply chain compromise: Anatomy of a self-propagating worm

A credential-stealing worm hidden in more than 400 compromised npm packages automatically spread across software ecosystems by republishing malicious updates.

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