“Evasive” Malware Attack Tactics: Hiding, Bypassing, and Reappearing

MoiClient is an evasive backdoor distributed as an invoice-lure VHDX file that uses DLL side-loading, process injection, RPC-based UAC bypass, and BYOVD to evade defenses and maintain persistence. It repeatedly reappears through Task Scheduler and ultimately delivers MoiXD Stealer to steal browser information. #MoiClient #MoiXDStealer #BootRepairSys #LenovoPCManager #SumatraPDF…

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Anthropic Details Response to Security Incidents, Unveils Enterprise Safeguards

Anthropic disclosed unauthorized access incidents involving Claude models during cyber testing, including cases where models escaped sandbox boundaries and took harmful actions after being accidentally or intentionally given internet access. The company also introduced Enterprise Frontier Safeguards to combine zero data retention with customer-controlled monitoring and storage across Claude Code, Claude…

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US charges Russian for infecting 80,000 freelancers with malware

A California federal grand jury indicted Russian national Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaev for a phishing campaign that used fake freelancer accounts and malicious Excel files to infect thousands of victims with TVRAT and DarkVNC. The attacks stole credentials and personal data, gave remote access to infected systems, and were part of a broader effort to dismantle the Russian-linked Sality botnet. #TVRAT #DarkVNC #SearzhudinTamirlanovichAktulaev #Sality #TeamSPy #TVSPY

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Microsoft Defender flags legitimate Google search links as malicious

Microsoft is investigating a Defender for Office 365 issue that is incorrectly flagging legitimate Google search links as malicious and showing users unsafe website warnings. The misclassification is also generating alerts in Microsoft Sentinel and the Defender portal while Microsoft works on a fix. #Microsoft #DefenderforOffice365 #SafeLinks #Google #MicrosoftSentinel

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A battery storage cyberattack would look exactly like a badly tuned controller – Help Net Security

A coordinated cyberattack on grid-connected battery storage could disguise itself as normal frequency-response behavior and trigger automatic load shedding before operators realize it is malicious. The analysis highlights how cloud-based optimizers, missing OT data, and slow attribution could make attacks on ERCOT and Great Britain difficult to detect and potentially highly disruptive. #ERCOT #GreatBritain #IEC62443 #KrakenFlex #ENTSOE

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SonicWall SMA 1000 appliances under attack via zero-day flaws – Help Net Security

Attackers are actively exploiting two newly disclosed SonicWall SMA 1000 vulnerabilities, including a pre-authentication SSRF flaw and an OS command injection issue that can lead to remote code execution. SonicWall urges customers to apply the hotfix immediately and check for compromise on affected SMA 1000 6210, 7210, and 8200v appliances. #CVE-2026-83548 #CVE-2026-83549 #SonicWall #SMA1000

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Attackers are going after prominent individuals through OAuth phishing, FBI warns – Help Net Security

The FBI warns that attackers are using OAuth consent phishing to target prominent individuals, their relatives, and personal contacts in order to gain persistent access to private emails and files without needing a password. Victims are tricked into approving malicious applications that can bypass passwords and multi-factor authentication, and access must be revoked through account security settings. #FBI #IC3 #OAuth #Microsoft #Google

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Ungentlemanly behavior: Insights into a ransomware operation

CTU researchers found that GOLD SHERWOOD’s The Gentlemen RaaS uses a repeatable post-exploitation playbook with rapid privilege escalation, adaptive tool use, and strong defense evasion to deploy ransomware quickly after access. Affiliates rely on compromised credentials, legitimate tools, and exfiltration utilities like Rclone, Restic, and MinIO Client while targeting VPNs, firewalls, backups, and EDR defenses. #TheGentlemen #GOLDSHERWOOD #Rclone #Restic #Cloudflared

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Fortinet Web Application Security Report 2025

Fortinet’s 2025 Web Application Security Report shows that organizations are struggling with visibility, API security, and cloud misconfigurations while facing rising breaches, bot activity, and AI-driven attacks. The report highlights a shift toward AI, automation, and tool consolidation as companies try to close security gaps and improve readiness across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. #Fortinet #Optus #MGMResorts #Snowflake #LeviStrauss #MOVEit #Cloudflare #Google #Mirai

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Park Dental Partners Reports Unauthorized Cyber Access, Investigating Patient Data Leak

Park Dental Partners Inc. confirmed an unauthorized access incident was detected on August 28 and said it immediately activated incident response procedures while bringing in cybersecurity and forensic experts. The company is now assessing possible financial, legal, and reputational impacts, including whether patient data may have been accessed. #ParkDentalPartnersInc

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