Storm-0501’s evolving techniques lead to cloud-based ransomware
Financially motivated threat actor Storm-0501 has continuously evolved their campaigns to achieve sharpened focus on cloud-based tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
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Cyberattackers constantly evolve their techniques, tools, and infrastructure to launch increasingly complex attacks. Learn about the latest tactics and how to detect, disrupt, and defend against them.
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Think before you Click(Fix): Analyzing the ClickFix social engineering technique
The ClickFix social engineering technique has been growing in popularity, with campaigns targeting thousands of enterprise and end-user devices daily. -
Dissecting PipeMagic: Inside the architecture of a modular backdoor framework
A comprehensive technical deep dive on PipeMagic, a highly modular backdoor used by Storm-2460 masquerading as a legitimate open-source ChatGPT Desktop Application. -
Frozen in transit: Secret Blizzard’s AiTM campaign against diplomats
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has uncovered a cyberespionage campaign by the Russian state actor we track as Secret Blizzard that has been ongoing since at least 2024, targeting embassies in Moscow using an adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) position to deploy their custom ApolloShadow malware. Retain Microsoft Security Experts
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Protecting customers from Octo Tempest attacks across multiple industries
To help protect and inform customers, Microsoft highlights protection coverage across the Microsoft Defender security ecosystem to protect against threat actors like Octo Tempest. -
Jasper Sleet: North Korean remote IT workers’ evolving tactics to infiltrate organizations
Since 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed remote IT workers deployed by North Korea leveraging AI to improve the scale and sophistication of their operations, steal data, and generate revenue for the North Korean government. -
Defending against evolving identity attack techniques
Threat actors continue to develop and leverage various techniques that aim to compromise cloud identities. -
New Russia-affiliated actor Void Blizzard targets critical sectors for espionage
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has discovered a cluster of worldwide cloud abuse activity conducted by a threat actor we track as Void Blizzard, who we assess with high confidence is Russia-affiliated and has been active since at least April 2024. Modernize your Security Operations Center with Microsoft Sentinel
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Lumma Stealer: Breaking down the delivery techniques and capabilities of a prolific infostealer
Over the past year, Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed the persistent growth and operational sophistication of Lumma Stealer, an info-stealing malware used by multiple financially motivated threat actors to target various industries. -
Marbled Dust leverages zero-day in Output Messenger for regional espionage
Since April 2024, the threat actor that Microsoft Threat Intelligence tracks as Marbled Dust has been observed exploiting user accounts that have not applied fixes to a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-27920) in the messaging app Output Messenger, a multiplatform chat software. -
Understanding the threat landscape for Kubernetes and containerized assets
The dynamic nature of containers can make it challenging for security teams to detect runtime anomalies or pinpoint the source of a security incident, presenting an opportunity for attackers to stay undetected. -
Threat actors misuse Node.js to deliver malware and other malicious payloads
Since October 2024, Microsoft Defender Experts has observed and helped multiple customers address campaigns leveraging Node.
