Introduction As part of proactive threat monitoring, Kaspersky’s Cyber Threat Intelligence team identified a malicious campaign involving C2 agents controlled by artificial intelligence. Confirmed victims of the campaign included organizations in the education sector in several countries across Africa and Latin America. CyberStrikeAI played a key role in the post-exploitation phase. This is an open-source framework in which an LLM orchestrator on the command-and-control server plans actions,…
In this article Stages of AI adoption by North Korean threat actors AI use across North Korean threat operations AI-assisted targeting and reconnaissance AI-assisted social engineering and identity deception AI-assisted software and tooling development AI-assisted operational scaling and analysis Mitigation and protection guidance Microsoft Defender detections As Microsoft Threat Intelligence continues to track how threat actors operationalize AI to increase the speed, efficiency, and…
Upozorňujeme na aktivně zneužívané zranitelnosti CVE-2026-88771 a CVE-2026-88772 v produktu Citrix Netscaler, které umožňují vzdálené spuštění kódu. Doporučujeme bezodkladně aktualizovat na verzi 14.1-73.37, 13.1-64.23, 14.1-73.37 FIPS nebo 13.1-37.279 a novější podle používané produktové řady. Dále doporučujeme prověřit indikátory kompromitace, jelikož aktualizace nemusí kompromitaci odstranit. Zranitelnosti Zranitelnost CVE-2026-88771 spočívá v nesprávném ověřování vstupů a umožňuje…
On September 25, 2026, Mandiant released a report regarding continued mass exploitation of CVE-2026-35273 by the ShinyHunters group. TrendAI’s Zero Day Initiative first reported this CVE to Oracle on June 10, 2026, following an investigation I conducted with Minh Giang and Lucas Miller of TrendAI Research. Although Oracle issued a patch under a single CVE, we reported three distinct vulnerabilities across multiple PeopleSoft components. We are coordinating with Oracle to assign separate CVEs…
AI is widening the attack surface of the critical infrastructure facilities and services that state, local, and education (SLED) organizations run. In the final post of our Cybersecurity Awareness Month series, we explain how a whole-of-state security approach can help SLED agencies protect their critical infrastructure. Key takeaways Because cyber attackers prey on under-resourced targets, they often go after SLED organizations, especially those that operate critical infrastructure, including…
Written by: Tyler McLellan Introduction Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and Mandiant investigated a software supply chain compromise campaign targeting the update infrastructure belonging to AOMEI Technology between April 2026 and July 2026. The threat actor conducted repeated, short-burst configuration tampering against AOMEI origin servers. Each tampering window remained active for only five to ten minutes before reverting to authentic versions. This is the first time that we have…
Cisco Talos identified an advanced persistent threat (APT) spear-phishing campaign against individuals affiliated with Taiwan research organizations. The operation leveraged legitimate public event themes and impersonated reputable academic and policy institutions to establish credibility. The phishing emails exhibited highly consistent structure, rhetoric, and personalization patterns, suggesting the threat actor likely used AI-assisted content generation to rapidly customize invitation lures…
Most industries manage one major compliance framework. Universities might manage four simultaneously, each bringing with it unique requirements, enforcement mechanisms, and consequences for failure. Here's what that actually looks like in practice. In Part 1 of this series, we laid out the scale of the threat facing higher education: 4,388 cyberattacks per organization per week, a 24% year-over-year increase, and the fundamental architectural flaw of defending each campus independently. If the…
Higher education faces a difficult security equation. Universities hold large volumes of sensitive student, financial, health, and research data while supporting open networks, distributed users, legacy infrastructure, and increasingly complex cloud environments. Attackers have taken notice, and the pressure on security teams continues to grow.In Q2 2025, universities faced an average of 4,388 cyberattacks per organization per week, up 24% from the same period in 2024. Nine in ten universities…
Cisco Talos uncovered a cluster of activity we track as UAT-11587 targeting government and policy organizations across Asia, including in Taiwan, India, the Philippines, and Cambodia, to deliver a previously undocumented backdoor referred to as “Antino” in developer artifacts. Talos first observed UAT-11587 activity in September 2025. By July 2026, Talos had identified at least 16 affected or targeted institutional environments across eight Asian countries. Antino is a Rust-compiled Windows…
In this article Observed operators and targetingMalware packaging and distributionNeedyMantis architecture and capabilitiesMitigation and protection guidanceHunting queriesIndicators of compromise Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified NeedyMantis, a modular post-compromise malware family observed in a limited number of targeted operations affecting telecommunications organizations, universities, medical nonprofits, intergovernmental organizations, and government contractors. Based on…
In this article Who is Storm-2570?Storm-2570 attack chain: From initial foothold to impactWhat Storm-2570 activity means for defendersMitigation and protection guidanceMicrosoft Defender detectionsHunting queries Activity associated with Storm-2570, a ransomware affiliate linked to multiple ransomware payloads, illustrates how tracking and responding to ransomware attacks by payload alone can obscure the affiliates carrying out intrusions and the recurring behaviors that defenders can use to…
In this article What is device code phishing?EvilTokens platform and operationsEvilTokens phishing emailsMitigation and protection guidanceMicrosoft Defender XDR detectionsHunting queries Following its emergence in February 2026, EvilTokens quickly became one of the most widely used phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms, providing cybercriminals with AI capabilities for tailoring phishing lures and analyzing compromised inboxes to identify high-value targets. This AI-powered cybercrime…
Research by: Amit Yardeni Key Points A Chinese-speaking actor is now targeting Brazil. Check Point Research has uncovered a sustained campaign against Brazilian organizations, primarily government and educational institutions since mid-2025. We dubbed this group Gambling Goblin: a Chinese-speaking cybercrime cluster connected to a previously documented group, Earth Berberoka, that targeted gambling sites across Asia. It marks a shift from Brazil’s usual home-grown banking-trojan threats to a…
In this article Attack chain overviewCampaign scope and targetingMitigation and protection guidanceReferencesLearn more Microsoft Defender Experts is tracking an active malware campaign that uses counterfeit software-download websites to impersonate trusted vendors and distribute malicious installers. The campaign has targeted users looking to download popular software and has resulted in compromises across multiple organizations and industries, primarily affecting China-based operations of…