#microsoft-threat-intelligence
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DeadLock Ransomware Moves Its Extortion Kit onto the Blockchain
The gang is stitching together Session chat and Polygon smart contracts so takedowns don't stick. Microsoft calls it a resilience play. We'd call it ransomware learning from crypto scams.
Fake Mac Downloads Hide Behind 250+ Domains That Screen Visitors First
Microsoft says a large ClickFix network now checks who is knocking before showing macOS users a booby-trapped installer, keeping researchers and scanners out of view.
How ShinyHunters walked into Salesforce accounts without breaking anything
Microsoft says a year of data theft from Salesforce tenants leaned on trusted app connections, not a platform bug.
GigaWiper: The Malware That Destroys on Demand
A newly uncovered piece of malicious software lets criminals break into a system, wait quietly, then choose exactly how they want to erase everything. Microsoft researchers say it is unlike anything they have tracked before.
Microsoft Exposes GigaWiper, a New Malware That Spies on Victims Before Destroying Them
A newly discovered backdoor called GigaWiper quietly watches infected computers for months, then wipes or encrypts everything on command, with no way to recover the data.
Fake Perplexity Extension Siphoned Every Chrome Address Bar Keystroke
Microsoft researchers flagged a counterfeit Perplexity Chrome extension that piped queries and omnibox input to an attacker server before completing the search.