Tag: detection
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‘Grandoreiro’ Malware Resurfaces With Mexico Campaign
The banking Trojan, post-law enforcement takedown, is sprucing itself up with features that make detection and analysis harder. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/grandoreiro-resurfaces-mexico-campaign
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UAT-10147 deploys SPECTRE: A cross-platform implant with Linux rootkit and BYOVD capabilities
The newly identified SPECTRE implant represents an evolution in commodity intrusion tooling, integrating cross-platform C2 operations, process injection, credential theft, anti-analysis protections, and kernel-level endpoint detection and response (EDR) bypass functionality. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-deploys-spectre-a-cross-platform-implant-with-linux-rootkit-and-byovd-capabilities/
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AI-Driven Vulnerability Exploitation Is Now Fast and Cheap
AI is making vulnerability exploitation faster and cheaper, forcing defenders to rethink vulnerability management, continuous exposure detection and agentic cyber defense. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/ai-driven-vulnerability-exploitation-is-now-fast-and-cheap/
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Microsoft Defender Update Crashes Virus Scans on Windows PCs
Microsoft Defender has been aborting Quick, Full, and Offline virus scans on Windows systems following a series of Security Intelligence updates released on August 18, 2026. This issue has affected both consumer devices and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint-managed environments, disrupting a critical malware-detection capability for administrators and home users alike. Microsoft Defender Update Crashes Virus…
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Hackers Impersonate Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot to Deliver Infostealers and Backdoors
Threat actors are increasingly abusing the popularity of generative AI brands to distribute malware, turning trusted names such as Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot into convincing lures for infostealers, browser hijackers and remote-access backdoors. Sophos X-Ops reviewed 12 months of Managed Detection and Response (MDR) investigations, spanning July 2, 2025 to June 29, 2026. They…
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Abnormal Is Not Malicious. Malicious Is No Longer Abnormal
AI-powered email security is moving beyond anomaly detection to reason about intent, context and deception as advanced phishing attacks increasingly hide inside trusted brands and ordinary business communication. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/abnormal-is-not-malicious-malicious-is-no-longer-abnormal/
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Grandoreiro Resurfaces in Mexico With New DLL Sideloading Campaign
Tags: detectionGrandoreiro is active after its 2024 disruption, with Mexico now accounting for 40% of detections First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/grandoreiro-mexico-dll-sideloading/
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Comcast turns your Xfinity WiFi into a home motion detector
Comcast is promoting WiFi-based motion detection as a part of its new Xfinity Shield home protection platform, allowing routers and wireless devices to detect people moving through a home without cameras or motion sensors. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/comcast-turns-your-xfinity-wifi-into-a-home-motion-detector/
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7 Reasons Teams Add Email Security Beyond Microsoft 365 E5
<div cla Quick answer: why teams layer email security on top of Microsoft 365 E5 Microsoft 365 E5 is the ceiling of Microsoft native email security. It includes Defender for Office 365 Plan 2, which adds automated investigation, Threat Explorer, and Attack Simulation Training on top of the Plan 1 detection that now ships with…

