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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A lot of people I know shared posts about the Yandex datacenter bombing resulting in a decrease in Russian misinformation/disinformation bot activity, sometimes with charts. Let this be a reminder every one of us could be fooled by a story that we really want to be true.
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Volexity @volexity.com · 13/10/2026
Volexity has discovered in-the-wild exploitation of a zero-day exploit chain targeting Ivanti Connect Secure VPN appliances (CVE-2026-104935). The threat actor, UTA0576, chained three vulnerabilities to gain unauthenticated root-level code execution.

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A Series of Unauthenticated Events: Chained Exploitation of Ivanti Connect Secure Zero-Days
Volexity has identified active in-the-wild exploitation of a vulnerability chain allowing unauthenticated remote code execution in Ivanti Connect Secure VPN devices. Ivanti has published an advisory p...
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 29/09/2026
New: FBI have confirmed Dutch police arrested a 24 y/o man in Amsterdam for being one of the "alleged leaders" of the ShinyHunters hacking gang. After seizing his laptop, Dutch authorities say he also had documents planning two murders. Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20260929...
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Dutch police arrest ShinyHunters hacker accused of planning two murders | TechCrunch
Dutch police said the hacker, arrested for being part of the ShinyHunters cybercriminal gang, had plans to organize the murder of two people on his laptop.
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Volexity @volexity.com · 21/09/2026
Following our Sept 9 blog on two Chinese APT actors chaining 0-days in Chrome (CVE-2026-85046, CVE-2026-87491) & Windows (CVE-2026-85880), Volexity found a third actor, UTA0565 using the same exploits Sept 3-4, while they were still unpatched.
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Mind the (Patch) Gap, Part 2: Fake Websites Used to Deploy Chrome & Windows 0-Day Exploits
On September 9, 2026, Volexity published a blog post detailing the simultaneous use of multiple chained zero-day exploits in Google Chrome (CVE-2026-85046, CVE-2026-87491) and Microsoft Windows (CVE-2...
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RandomAccessMusings @rndmamusings.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The new spacing in columns of data in the VirusTotal relatios tab is horrendous and I cannot believe any human tested this on a decent size screen. Makes the data much harder to read...
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Volexity @volexity.com · 09/09/2026
Earlier this month, Volexity detected multiple Chinese threat actors launching attacks against its customers using chained 0-day exploits in Google Chrome (CVE-2026-85046 & CVE-2026-87491) and Microsoft Windows (CVE-2026-85880).   #DFIR #threatintel
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Mind the (Patch) Gap: Multiple Chinese Threat Actors Chain 0-day Exploits in Chrome & Windows
On September 1, 2026, Volexity’s Network Security Monitoring service detected a spear-phishing campaign from a Chinese threat actor it tracks as UTA0560 targeting customers at multiple non-governmenta...
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Saher @saffronsec.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Absolutely excellent work from @mkyo.bsky.social in discovery and investigation with help from TREE @greg-l.bsky.social @konstantinklinger.bsky.social and ope friends Julia/Dave/Stu in a huge @threatinsight.proofpoint.com cross-team collab!
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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 26/08/2026
Fun times www.lumen.com/blog/en-us/t... www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
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Inside China-nexus cyber espionage infrastructure
Black Lotus Labs and the FBI uncovered China-nexus infrastructure used to hide cyber espionage, showing how early detection helps protect customers.
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Saher @saffronsec.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Most exciting @threatinsight.proofpoint.com drop yet - in collaboration with NSA - and the product of @greg-l.bsky.social's blood, sweat, and tears. Research into two Russian actors throwing half-click exploits against mailservers. Part 1 on TA488 / Void Blizzard www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/thre...
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TA488 Targets Zimbra Mailservers with Half-Click Exploits | Proofpoint US
Proofpoint is releasing this report in coordination with NSA and FBI’s JSAC reporting about TA488/Void Blizzard, which can be found here. This is part 1 of a 2-part blog series Proofpoint is
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Volexity @volexity.com · 17/07/2026
Volexity has published details on a recent incident response investigation involving exploitation of multiple #0day vulnerabilities in SonicWall SMA 1000 series appliances. This full technical breakdown includes vulnerability workflow, malware analysis & IOCs. #dfir #memoryforensics #threatintel
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Proxying to Compromise: SonicWall Secure Mobile Access 0-day Exploitation
In early July 2026, Volexity was engaged to perform an incident response investigation where it discovered a threat actor had successfully compromised multiple of the customer's SonicWall Secure Mobil...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
We're launching a funding drive on Bellingcat today. It's a tough funding environment at the moment with global funder cuts & the fear of Trump scaring off donors, so support us here www.bellingcat.com/donate/?utm_... A short video about what your donations will fund www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vzb...
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What Happens When You Fund Bellingcat ...
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Volexity @volexity.com · 04/06/2026
@volexity.com has published details from an incident response engagement in September 2025 involving multiple #BRICKSTORM variants deployed by a threat actor that Volexity tracks as VerdantBamboo. [1/4]
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VerdantBamboo: Just Another BRICKSTORM in the Firewall
In September 2025, Volexity conducted an incident response engagement that began after suspicious network traffic was observed from a Linux-based virtual machine appliance on a customer’s network. The...
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Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
At @ncsc.gov.uk we have launched 'Frontier AI: what you need to know' www.ncsc.gov.uk/frontier-ai
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Frontier AI: what you need to know
Organisations need to be ready to counter the enhanced capabilities of AI-powered attacks.
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Volexity @volexity.com · 19/05/2026
@volexity.com’s detection & response efforts combined network visibility, host-based analysis, #threatintelligence & #memoryforensics, enabling us to discover these complex #0days being exploited in the wild. Read our blog post for the original research mentioned: www.volexity.com/blog/2022/06...
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DriftingCloud: Zero-Day Sophos Firewall Exploitation and an Insidious Breach
Volexity frequently works with individuals and organizations heavily targeted by sophisticated, motivated, and well-equipped threat actors from around the world. Some of these individuals or organizat...
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ThreatInsight @threatinsight.proofpoint.com · 01/04/2026
After a lull in activity targeting Europe from mid-2023 to mid-2025, the China-aligned espionage actor #TA416 (RedDelta, Vertigo Panda, Red Lich) has resumed targeting European government and diplomatic entities, with a recent expansion to the Middle East. brnw.ch/21x1f0j
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I’d come running back to EU again: TA416 resumes European government espionage campaigns | Proofpoint US
Key findings From mid-2025 onwards, the China-aligned threat actor TA416 resumed observed targeting of European government and diplomatic organizations following a period of reduced EU-
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ESET Research @esetresearch.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
#ESETresearch is hiring! Passionate about geopolitics, cyberespionage and cyber threat intelligence? We have a new opening for a strategic threat intelligence analyst at our Montréal office. Come join the team! eset.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/ESET_Externa...
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Analyste du renseignement stratégique sur les menaces – Cyberespionnage / Strategic Threat Intelligence Analyst – Cyberespionage
Résumé du poste / Summary English version follows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nous sommes à la reche...
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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 13/02/2026
Online training! CTI-focused detection engineering & threat hunting (CTI+DE&TH), 07-10 April 2026. The course focuses on an applied perspective to CTI driving ops-focused outcomes by feeding into the DE&TH cycle. Register your interest today, more details in link: forms.gle/xZ29xPdpQvM4...
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Paralus LLC: Threat Intel + DE&TH
Hello and thank you for your interest in an online course and workshop focusing on Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) core principles extended to Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting (DE&TH)! Scheduli...
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ESET Research @esetresearch.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
#BREAKING #ESETresearch identified the wiper #DynoWiper used in an attempted disruptive cyberattack against the Polish energy sector on Dec 29, 2025. At this point, no successful disruption is known, but the malware’s design clearly indicates destructive intent. 1/5
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Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Exclusive: A cyberattack targeting Poland's energy infrastructure in December used wiper malware that would have erased grid computers and rendered them inoperable had it not been thwarted, a researcher at @ESET told me. The researcher calls the attack "unprecedented" for Poland and "substantial"
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Cyberattack Targeting Poland’s Energy Grid Used a Wiper
A cyberattack that targeted power plants and other energy producers in Poland at the end of December used malware known as a “wiper” that was intended to erase computers and cause a power outage and o...
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The Banshee Queen 👑 @cyberoverdrive.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
me when pivoting, also me when pivoting
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RandomAccessMusings @rndmamusings.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Ooops 😅 #VTi
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
EFF teamed up with AV Comparatives to see how well anti-virus apps detect stalkerware on Android phones. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
A chart showing how well 13 different Android AV apps detect 17 stalkerware products.
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CYBERWARCON @cyberwarcon.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
@stevenadair.bsky.social is back again! Founder + President of Volexity leading a team of experts that deal w/ complex cyber intrusions from nation-state level intruders. His talk will cover a Chinese APT actor that Volexity tracks as UTA0388. Check out the official agenda: cyberwarcon.com
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RandomAccessMusings @rndmamusings.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This was an interesting one to work on! tldr: Chinese aligned actor uses LLM to empower their malware development, target gathering, and phishing operation. Goes wrong and starts randomly including pornographic material and other random files/info. www.volexity.com/blog/2025/10...
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APT Meets GPT: Targeted Operations with Untamed LLMs
Starting in June 2025, Volexity detected a series of spear phishing campaigns targeting several customers and their users in North America, Asia, and Europe. The initial observed campaigns were tailor...
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Volexity @volexity.com · 11/08/2025
@volexity.com has released updates to its #opensource GoResolver project and more! This work was part of a project for one of our #summerinternship students. Read more details about Volexity’s updated GoResolver projects + other #golang tools in our special blog post!
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Go Get 'Em: Updates to Volexity Golang Tooling
Volexity’s GoResolver tool was released in April 2025 to help with analysis of these samples, reducing analyst load when working with obfuscated Golang binaries. However, there are still some difficul...
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Volexity @volexity.com · 09/07/2025
This training course will be led by Andrew Case @attrc.bsky.social, Michael Ligh & Dave Lassalle. This is a great opportunity to gain valuable knowledge about #Volatility3 + learn all about #memoryforensics from Volatility core developers! Seats are filling up quickly so don't wait!
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Kevin Beaumont @doublepulsar.com · 08/07/2025
New by me - although Citrix say there is no evidence of exploitation of CitrixBleed 2 vulnerability, they are wrong - it has been under active exploitation since mid June by an IP associated to a ransomware group, with multiple IP addresses now involved. doublepulsar.com/citrixbleed-...
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CitrixBleed 2 exploitation started mid-June — how to spot it
CitrixBleed 2 — CVE-2025–5777 — has been under active exploitation to hijack Netscaler sessions, bypassing MFA, globally for a month.
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Volexity @volexity.com · 22/04/2025
@volexity.com #threatintel: Multiple Russian threat actors are using Signal, WhatsApp & a compromised Ukrainian gov email address to impersonate EU officials. These phishing attacks abuse 1st-party Microsoft Entra apps + OAuth to compromise targets. www.volexity.com/blog/2025/04...

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Phishing for Codes: Russian Threat Actors Target Microsoft 365 OAuth Workflows
Since early March 2025, Volexity has observed multiple suspected Russian threat actors conducting highly targeted social engineering operations aimed at gaining access to the Microsoft 365 (M365) acco...
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NCSC UK @ncsc.gov.uk · 09/04/2025
The NCSC and partners have revealed new details about how malicious cyber actors are using two forms of spyware to target individuals in Uyghur, Tibetan and Taiwanese communities as well as civil society groups. www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/ncsc-pa...
BADBAZAAR and MOONSHINE: Spyware targeting Uyghur, Taiwanese and Tibetan groups and civil society actors
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Greg Lesnewich @greg-l.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
tired of looking at email headers as disgusting plaintext? only want things of value to stand out? look no further than this VSCode extension built by @jacoblatonis.me marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa...
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 21/03/2025
"It is possible to bypass authorization checks within a Next.js application, if the authorization check occurs in middleware." With the amount of Next.js-based sites around, especially on infosec sites, I'd say this looks like a problem. CVSS: 9.1 github.com/vercel/next....
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Steven Adair @stevenadair.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
We have been tracking multiple Russian APT groups aggressively targeting organizations with Microsoft Device Code authentication phishing. The attackers got creative with tricking users into granting them access to their accounts. Have a look at our blog for all the details!
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Volexity @volexity.com · 13/02/2025
@volexity.com recently identified multiple Russian threat actors targeting users via #socialengineering + #spearphishing campaigns with Microsoft 365 Device Code authentication (a well-known technique) with alarming success: www.volexity.com/blog/2025/02... #dfir #threatintel #m365security
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Multiple Russian Threat Actors Targeting Microsoft Device Code Authentication
Starting in mid-January 2025, Volexity identified several social-engineering and spear-phishing campaigns by Russian threat actors aimed at compromising Microsoft 365 (M365) accounts. These attack cam...
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Winnona @winnona.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
CTI is the cause of my brainrot but I really cooked on this #salttyphoon #telecomhack
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Volexity @volexity.com · 15/11/2024
@volexity.bsky.social has published a blog post detailing variants of LIGHTSPY & DEEPDATA malware discovered in the summer of 2024, including exploitation of a vulnerability in FortiClient to extract credentials from memory. Read more here: www.volexity.com/blog/2024/11...
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BrazenBamboo Weaponizes FortiClient Vulnerability to Steal VPN Credentials via DEEPDATA
In July 2024, Volexity identified exploitation of a zero-day credential disclosure vulnerability in Fortinet’s Windows VPN client that allowed credentials to be stolen from the memory of the client’s ...
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RandomAccessMusings @rndmamusings.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
www.volexity.com/blog/2024/11... Key: - Unpatched credential disclosure 0day in VPN client that's actively exploited in the wild - Volexity assesses with medium confidence that BrazenBamboo is a private enterprise that produces capabilities for governmental operators concerned with domestic targets
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BrazenBamboo Weaponizes FortiClient Vulnerability to Steal VPN Credentials via DEEPDATA
In July 2024, Volexity identified exploitation of a zero-day credential disclosure vulnerability in Fortinet’s Windows VPN client that allowed credentials to be stolen from the memory of the client’s ...
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