Huntress: compromised camera software used to enter corporate networks
September and October cases show CMS.exe launching a reverse shell and sideloading DLLs through a copied WpcMon.exe.
September and October cases show CMS.exe launching a reverse shell and sideloading DLLs through a copied WpcMon.exe.
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Huntress saw a suspected reverse shell and one shared command server across several customers, with no CVE identified.
Huntress tied September and October cases to one C2 after CMS.exe launched a user-writable reverse shell and relocated WpcMon.exe.
Huntress says RMM abuse was 45% of Q1 2026 endpoint incidents and mailbox manipulation 24.6% of 2026 ITDR signals.
In September and October cases, attackers dropped rs.win32.exe, sideloaded DLLs with WpcMon.exe, and beaconed to a C2 host.
Huntress counted 497 successful sign-ins and more than 200,000 failures from July 14 to September 22, 2026.
Huntress logged 497 successful sign-ins and over 200,000 failures from July 14 to September 22, 2026.
Microsoft says the ARTEX agent framework drove the campaign; Huntress rates the AI claim lower from its own telemetry.
Microsoft says more than 2,250 tenants were targeted; Huntress confirmed hundreds of sign-ins but not data theft or ARTEX use.
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Huntress logged 497 successful sign-ins and 48 rogue Entra devices between July 14 and September 22, 2026.
Huntress counted 497 successful sign-ins and over 200,000 failures from July 14 to September 22, with inbox rules hiding mail.
Microsoft logged more than 151,000 failed logons and successful sign-ins with ConnectWise cloud application identities.
Huntress counted at least 200,000 login attempts and 497 successful sign-ins from July to September 2026.
Huntress saw 497 successful sign-ins and more than 200,000 failed attempts from July 14 to September 22, 2026.
CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 score 9.2; a leaked PoC and reported exploitation attempts followed a broken embargo.
Exploits are public, and Finnish and Dutch sites went offline while watchTowr says attempts have not succeeded.
A sponsored Google result for “amazon business” opens a fake login and CAPTCHA that launches finger.exe and NetSupport.
Huntress tied the chain to at least three customers; a macOS script URL was offline during research.
CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 both score 9.2; WatchTowr and Huntress report no exploitation yet.
Only branches 8.2 through 8.5 can be patched; affected versions and exploit details remain unconfirmed.
Huntress saw malicious sign-ins across almost 1,000 Entra tenants, with more than 300 appearing to succeed.
Huntress saw vendor-credential sign-ins from 144.172.64.128, then Global Administrator grants and new secrets on two tenants.
Huntress saw unauthorized sign-ins in 162 Microsoft 365 tenants after attackers used the backup app’s permissions.
CVE-2026-110936 let attackers side-load DLLs beside a signed Software Center build; version 4.0.9.8 fixes it.
Huntress saw the stolen app credential sign into at least 162 Microsoft 365 tenants on October 15; earlier tokens may still work.
Huntress says a Cloud Backup client assertion reached 162 Microsoft 365 tenants on October 15–16.
Huntress reported suspicious sign-ins across 162 organizations; ConnectWise disabled seven app identities and three cloud services.
Unauthorized access to Cloud Backup application identities was found after October 15; restoration timing and any data theft remain unconfirmed.
Seven application identities were disabled and Cloud Backup suspended; Huntress saw about 300 successful sign-ins.
Immersive says Lumma Stealer, StealC and RisePro now account for 75% of stolen credentials sold for initial access.
Huntress says a stolen Cloud Backup Microsoft 365 API secret was used in customer tenants.
Seven application identities were disabled October 17; Huntress says a later wave against 16 tenants failed.
Hackers abused ConnectWise Cloud Backup identities to access at least 162 Microsoft 365 tenants.
Stolen ConnectWise Cloud Backup credentials accessed 162 Microsoft 365 tenants, forcing ConnectWise to halt backups.
Attackers used a stolen ConnectWise Cloud Backup secret to access 173 Microsoft 365 tenants.
Forescout identified ROMULUS, a six-server ClickFix platform delivering trojanized Stardock installers and LegionLoader.
Attackers used a compromised ConnectWise Cloud Backup credential to sign in to 173 Microsoft 365 tenants.
Huntress says abused ConnectWise Cloud Backup credentials accessed at least 162 Microsoft 365 tenants.
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