Track reported campaigns, active threat actors and targeted sectors, including activity described before a CVE is named.
Updated 20 Aug 2026 · 14:58 UTC
Evidence, not prediction.
Pre-CVE means a trusted source has described malicious activity or a previously unknown weakness without naming a CVE. ATT&CK mappings marked Explicit were stated by the source. Inferred mappings are conservative interpretations of source wording and must be verified against the original report.
Written by: Gabby Roncone, Wesley Shields Overview Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) is tracking three distinct suspected Russian cyber espionage threat clusters abusing legitimate authentication flows to target individuals working in academia, aerospace and defense, governments and think…
Written by: Alex Tselevich, Michael Maturi Introduction Adversarial misuse of AI has increased the risk of data theft and extortion events, because when proprietary source code is exposed, defenders must scramble to identify and patch vulnerabilities while attackers…
Unit 42 details how attackers exploit enterprise collaboration tools for identity phishing and credential theft. Discover key defense strategies. The post Identity Abuse Through Trusted Communication Channels appeared first on Unit 42.
Microsoft is named a visionary leader in the 2026 Frost Radar for Cloud Workload Protection Platforms, recognized for unified runtime security with Microsoft Defender for Cloud. The post Microsoft named a Leader in the Frost Radar™: Cloud Workload…
MacSync Stealer rapidly rotates domains to evade detection, but its behavior remains consistent. Learn how Microsoft uncovered 30+ related domains using durable hunting pivots. The post Hunting MacSync Stealer infrastructure through behavioral pivots appeared first on Microsoft Security…
Research by: Jiří Vinopal (@vinopaljiri) Abstract What if a trusted security component could be repurposed into an attacker-controlled kernel primitive? What if a signed Microsoft remediation driver could be instructed to execute arbitrary file and registry operations from…
In August 2026, the actor TheHatman claimed to have stolen large volume of credentials from organizations' Microsoft Entra tenants. We provide guidance on mitigating large-scale credential attacks. The post Threat Brief: Mitigating Large-Scale Credential Attacks (Updated August 18)…
Research by: Jaromír Hořejší (@JaromirHorejsi) Key points Introduction We first noticed a ransomware family called StopAndProtect in the middle of May 2026. Further analysis of the infrastructure reveals that the infection chain starts with a ClickFix social-engineering technique,…
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 17th August, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Colombia’s Ministry of Justice has experienced a ransomware attack that affected part of its technology infrastructure…
Our experts discovered a new CoolClient backdoor variant with a kernel-mode rootkit driver that hides malicious processes, files, and network connections from security tools and threat analysts.
The dashboard currently uses freely available government, vendor and vendor-research reporting. A source problem is shown here instead of silently hiding stale data.
