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Threat Intelligence

Fake Font Files Are Hiding Malware That Steals Passwords and Takes Over Windows PCs

A phishing campaign spotted since late March disguises malicious code as font files and runs it entirely in memory, making it nearly invisible to standard antivirus tools. FedEx and other familiar brands are being impersonated to get victims to open the door.

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ClickLock Stealer Tricks Mac Users Into Handing Over Their Own Passwords

A newly discovered piece of Mac malware skips the usual hacking tricks and simply persuades victims to run it themselves, then locks the screen until they surrender their passwords.

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Over 200 Fake GitHub Repositories Caught Secretly Installing Windows Malware

A criminal operation called Muck and Load built a web of 222 phoney code repositories to trick software developers into downloading password-stealing programs, spyware, and cryptominers.

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Threat Intelligence

BEC Isn't an Email Problem. It's a Supply Chain.

Underground forums show Business Email Compromise as a multi-stage operation — account access, target research, and mules — not a clever phishing lure.

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Threat Intelligence

Monday Brief: A DirtyClone Linux Bug, Turla's New Backdoor, and the Infostealer Churn

Old access paths, missed patches, and a fresh kernel flaw kept defenders busy. A roundup of what moved this week in the cybercrime ecosystem.

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Threat Intelligence

The 'Search-as-a-Service' Economy Built on Stolen Credentials

Underground brokers now sell targeted lookups against stolen credential corpora, lowering the bar for access brokers and intrusion crews alike.

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Identity & Access

Infostealers Are Now the Front Door for Ransomware Gangs

Credential theft at industrial scale has made exploit-based initial access look quaint. Here's why stolen session tokens are reshaping the attack chain.

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