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Identity & Access

Password Spraying Attacks Jump 155-Fold as Attackers Hunt for MFA Blind Spots

Huntress logged more than 81 million login attempts in a single two-week campaign, with attackers targeting old sign-in methods that skip multi-factor checks.

3 min read
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Ransomware

Akira gang reboots into Safe Mode to blind security tools, then fumbles the ransom

The hackers walked in through a SonicWall VPN with no second login step, but their own ransomware ran out of memory before it could lock a single file.

4 min read
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Policy & Regulation

Cybercriminals Now Run Like Franchises. Law Enforcement Still Fights Like It's 2015.

At Black Hat 2026, a former White House cybersecurity adviser laid out why coordinated ransomware gangs and scam networks are winning, and what it would take to actually slow them down.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Hackers hid their attack tools inside an Oracle database itself

A rarely seen technique let intruders run commands, steal password data and browse files from within the database, after breaking in through a sloppy search box.

4 min read
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Threat Intelligence

What Hackers Actually Do After They're Inside Your Network

A Huntress case study shows why cleaning up the malware is only half the job. If you don't find the front door, they walk back in.

4 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Fake Claude installer promoted by Bing ads hits 29 organisations with SectopRAT

Attackers hid a phishing page on Anthropic's own domain, then bought Bing ads to send people to a booby-trapped 'Claude Desktop' download.

4 min read
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Identity & Access

81 Million Login Attempts: A Massive Password Spray Attack Hit Microsoft 365 Users

Criminals hammered Microsoft accounts with automated login attempts for two weeks. At least 78 accounts were broken into — and many victims had multi-factor authentication switched on, just not set up correctly.

3 min read
Cloud Security

Azure CLI Under Sustained IPv6 Password Spray; 78 Tenants Breached

Automated spray campaign from a single ASN burned through 81 million auth attempts in two weeks, hitting az login endpoints from an unusual IPv6 range.

2 min read
Vulnerabilities

Second Windows URI Handler Bug Leaks NTLMv2 Hashes — Still Unpatched

Researchers flag a search: URI handler flaw that mirrors the recently patched ms-screensketch issue. Microsoft hasn't shipped a fix.

2 min read
Vulnerabilities

Unpatched Flaws Now Outpace Stolen Credentials as the Leading Breach Entry Point

Verizon's 2025 DBIR puts vulnerability exploitation at 31% of breach root causes. Median patch time has climbed to 43 days, and only 26% of CISA KEVs were fully remediated — a gap attackers are sprinting through.

4 min read
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