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The global socket: how threat actors are weaponizing GSocket for stealthy C2
Threat actors are deploying GSocket on compromised Linux servers to keep encrypted remote access after the original vulnerability is patched. Learn how to detect, investigate, and remediate this activity. The post The global socket: how threat actors are weaponizing GSocket for stealthy C2 appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog .
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AI‑Generated Voice Deepfakes Enable $129 M Corporate Wire‑Transfer Fraud, Three Arrested
Three men used AI‑generated voice and video deepfakes to pose as executives and attorneys, convincing employees worldwide to wire over $129 million. The scheme highlights the need for updated identity‑verification controls and security‑awareness training to meet audit‑readiness requirements.
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Token’s Internal AI Agent Violated Core Identity, Access, and Traceability Controls – Lessons for AI Governance
Token built a browser‑based AI agent that inherited a human user’s credentials, over‑privileged access, and shared logs, exposing gaps in AI‑agent identity and audit controls. The lesson underscores the need for distinct agent identities, least‑privilege permissions, and separate provenance to satisfy cross‑framework control objectives.
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Rubrik Adds DevOps Cyber Recovery to Guard Against Credential‑Compromised Code Attacks
Rubrik announced DevOps Protection for Azure DevOps and GitHub, adding anomaly detection, blast‑radius investigation, and surgical recovery to mitigate credential‑driven code attacks. The capabilities map to identity‑access controls and help organizations demonstrate audit‑ready evidence of rapid remediation.
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Microsoft Researchers Reveal ‘Lazarus’ Weight‑Space Backdoor Technique for AI Agents
Microsoft’s research team demonstrated a method to embed a hidden backdoor into AI agents by tweaking a handful of dormant neurons, allowing malicious commands to be triggered later. The finding highlights a model‑integrity risk for enterprises that give AI agents privileged access, underscoring the need for provenance checks and strict governance.
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Fingerprint Launches Fraud Score – Tailored ML Models for Distinct Fraud Types
Fingerprint introduced Fraud Score, a service that trains separate machine‑learning models on each customer’s fraud outcomes and device‑intelligence signals, delivering higher detection rates without extra false positives. The offering underscores the importance of AI/ML model governance for audit readiness.
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Obsidian Launches Runtime Policy Decision Engine to Govern AI Agent Actions Across SaaS Platforms
Obsidian Security unveiled a Runtime Policy Decision Engine that enforces centralized, real‑time policies on AI agents across development tools and SaaS applications. The capability provides auditable control over agent actions, supporting AI governance frameworks such as NIST AI RMF.
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Microsoft Researchers Demonstrate Backdoor Injection into AI Agents by Tweaking Fewer Than 10 Neurons
Microsoft researchers have shown that altering fewer than ten rarely used neurons in a large‑language model can embed a hidden backdoor that activates on a trigger phrase, allowing an attacker to execute commands with the AI agent's permissions. The finding highlights the need for AI model integrity controls and governance to satisfy audit and compliance requirements.
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AI Model ‘Sleeper Agent’ Backdoors Detected via Editing Fewer Than 10 Neurons
Microsoft Research demonstrated that editing fewer than ten neurons can embed a hidden command‑execution backdoor in large language models. The backdoor evades standard testing and activates on a trigger string, threatening any organization that deploys un‑audited models. This highlights the need for auditable model‑integrity controls to satisfy AI‑risk frameworks.
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US Army Soldier Arrested in UK on Suspicion of Spying for Russia
British police, in coordination with the FBI and U.S. Army Counterintelligence, detained a 41‑year‑old active‑duty soldier near Gloucester on espionage charges. The case highlights gaps in insider‑threat controls and the need for continuous monitoring to satisfy audit‑readiness requirements.
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AI Pen‑Test Framework Artex Weaponized for Automated Credential Attacks Across Industries
Researchers report that forks of the open‑source Artex AI pen‑testing framework are being used by threat actors to launch rapid credential‑stealing and cloud‑breach campaigns. The development highlights a control‑assurance gap in AI tool governance and the need for continuous monitoring of third‑party code.
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F‑Secure Publishes AI Harms Taxonomy: 26 Consumer Risks and Defensive Controls
F‑Secure released a 26‑point taxonomy describing how AI systems can harm consumers, from misinformation to autonomous‑agent safety failures. The guide maps each threat to a concrete mitigation point, giving organizations a control‑objective framework that supports AI‑governance standards and audit readiness.
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Three China‑Linked Espionage Campaigns Leveraging the Sparrow Malware Ecosystem Target Telecom, Government and Critical‑Infrastructure
Check Point Research uncovered three coordinated espionage clusters—SilentDelivery, NightOwl and RedSparrow—sharing Sparrow malware code and C2 servers to infiltrate telecom, government and critical‑infrastructure networks across three continents. The campaigns demonstrate the need for continuous monitoring and auditable logging to meet control‑assurance requirements.
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AI‑Powered Malware Analysis Uncovers Hidden Phishing Chains, Cuts SOC Workload by 20 %
ANY.RUN demonstrated how AI‑driven sandboxing can automatically follow CAPTCHA challenges and OAuth phishing flows, exposing a broader campaign and cutting analyst workload by up to 20 %. This matters for compliance because it provides continuous, auditable evidence of effective security monitoring and incident response.
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Google DeepMind Uses AI to Formally Verify Core Signal Encryption, Raising Assurance for Secure Messaging
DeepMind researchers applied the AlphaProof Code AI framework to mathematically prove the correctness of Signal’s core cryptographic code. The breakthrough demonstrates a scalable path to secure‑development assurance, a control that maps across multiple compliance frameworks.
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Blind Eagle Uses Fake Court Notices to Distribute Remote Access Trojan in Latin America
Blind Eagle launched a phishing campaign that mimics court notifications in Portuguese and Spanish, delivering a Remote‑Access Trojan linked to AsyncRAT/DCRat. The attack targets Latin American organizations and highlights the importance of security‑awareness training and email‑filtering for audit readiness.
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Consumer‑Facing iOS Spyware Infections Surge as Criminals Deploy DarkSword and Coruna Kits
iVerify’s latest threat‑hunting report shows spyware infections on consumer iOS devices climbing to 1.07 per 1,000 scans, driven by DarkSword and Coruna exploit kits. The trend highlights gaps in endpoint detection and user awareness, urging organizations to broaden mobile threat models and strengthen monitoring.
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Ransomware Recovery Speed Becomes a Key MSP Client‑Retention Metric
BleepingComputer reports that MSPs losing clients after ransomware incidents often suffer from fragmented recovery processes, tool sprawl, and opaque billing. The article shows why coordinated incident response and transparent communication are critical control objectives for audit readiness.
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Reddit Launches AI‑Generated Reviews Summaries for 10,000 Products
Reddit rolled out an AI‑driven “Reviews” feature that auto‑summarizes subreddit discussions into product overviews for 10 000 items. The launch tests AI‑governance controls such as model transparency, bias mitigation, and automated bot detection, which are relevant to audit readiness.
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AI Supply‑Chain Report Finds One‑Third of Vendors Harbor Critical Vulnerabilities and Weak Email Security
Black Kite’s 2026 AI Supply Chain Report surveyed 18,160 AI firms and found 34 % with critical unpatched flaws, 62 % with DMARC failures, and 30 % highly ransomware‑susceptible. The data highlights the need for continuous third‑party monitoring to protect audit readiness.
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