Should you care about an “AI slowdown?”
Cisco Talos argues an AI slowdown would barely affect cybersecurity, urging focus on fundamentals and Qilin ransomware trends in Japan.
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- First seenAug 13, 2026
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26 articles · newest firstSilkParasite Hackers Use SpiceRAT Infrastructure to Target Central Asian Governments and Energy Firms
Hunt.io links SpiceRAT C2 infrastructure to the China-nexus SilkParasite espionage cluster targeting Central Asian governments, telecoms, and energy firms.
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Ransomware incidents in Japan in the first half of 2026: Investigation of The Gentlemen’s infrastructure and evidence of Qilin's AI use
Cisco Talos reports 90 ransomware incidents hit Japanese organizations in H1 2026, led by The Gentlemen, with Qilin using AI for efficiency.
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Securing the unpatchable in an age of AI-driven vulnerabilities
Cisco Talos argues AI-driven vulnerability discovery leaves unpatchable OT systems exposed, recommending virtual patching via NGFW/IPS and micro-segmentation.
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ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral
ClickFix social engineering attacks are spreading widely, delivering malware to Windows and macOS users by tricking them into running malicious terminal commands that bypass Gatekeeper.
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We've got one word for it, and it's usually the wrong one
Cisco Talos's Threat Source newsletter critiques 'burnout' terminology, describing four occupational injuries, and flags a UAT-10820 WebDAV stealer campaign at a Ukrainian government organization.
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Active exploitation of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center vulnerabilities
Cisco Talos reports in-the-wild exploitation of critical FMC flaw CVE-2026-20079 by three clusters including a Sandworm-linked APT and Qilin ransomware affiliates.
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ClearFake Deploys Crypto Stealer That Uses Vulnerable Driver to Kill EDR Security Tools
Cisco Talos details ClearFake's fake-CAPTCHA chain deploying ZigCryptoStealer with a BYOVD attack that kills EDR processes, observed at a Ukrainian government organization in April 2026.
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Hackers Abuse Google CAPTCHA, WebDAV and BNB Smart Chain to Deploy Credential-Stealing Malware
Cisco Talos details ClickFix campaigns abusing fake Google CAPTCHA prompts, WebDAV and BNB Smart Chain to deploy the Amatera infostealer.
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Hackers Abuse Google Sheets to Hijack Crypto Wallet Addresses in ClickFix Attacks
Cisco Talos details a crypto-theft ClickFix campaign abusing Google Sheets to swap wallet addresses, with about $10,000 in observed Bitcoin losses.
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday for September 2026 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
Microsoft's September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 973 vulnerabilities, including 113 critical, with two Windows privilege-escalation bugs (CVE-2026-81963, CVE-2026-85880) exploited in the wild.
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ClearFake WebDAV infection chain delivers Amatera stealer, ZigCryptoStealer, and NetSupport Manager
Cisco Talos details ClearFake WebDAV chains delivering Amatera stealer to a Ukrainian government organization, with cryptocurrency and credential theft payloads.
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ClickFix moves into the browser: Cryptocurrency theft with Google-hosted C2
Talos tracks a crypto-theft campaign abusing the Google Visualization API for C2, using browser-based ClickFix lures to inject web-skimmer JavaScript.
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The story behind the intelligence
Cisco Talos newsletter features adversary-engagement podcast, flags AI guardrail 'safety penalty' slowing defenders, and recaps McKesson breach and PaperCut patching headlines.
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ThreatsDay: 296K IoT Botnet, 100+ Water Systems Targeted, SharePoint RCE Chain + 27 New Stories
Weekly ThreatsDay bulletin details a ShinyHunters-style social engineering hit on ReliaQuest, the 296,000-device Dysphoria IoT botnet, and several new malware families.
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UAT-10147 Uses AI to Scale Server Attacks, Deploys SPECTRE With EDR Bypass and Linux Rootkit
Cisco Talos exposes UAT-10147, a Chinese-speaking group using AI tools to automate intrusions, deploy SPECTRE, BadIIS, and rootkits against web servers worldwide.
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“Sorry, I can’t help with that”: How your guardrails might become the attacker’s best friend
Cisco Talos's David Bianco argues AI guardrail customization requires operational sovereignty so defenders retain the advantage over attackers.
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JavaScript obfuscation: From party trick to phishing kit
Cisco Talos explains JavaScript obfuscation techniques used by phishing kits and the approaches researchers use to reverse them.
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The safety penalty: Reclaiming operational sovereignty in the age of AI
Cisco Talos argues restrictive frontier AI models impose a 'safety penalty' on security teams, urging operational sovereignty for defensive AI in incident response.
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Is Cyber missing the Marque?
Cisco Talos analyzes the White House memorandum on private-sector participation in government-authorized offensive cyber operations.
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UAT-10147 deploys SPECTRE: A cross-platform implant with Linux rootkit and BYOVD capabilities
Cisco Talos identifies UAT-10147 deploying the SPECTRE implant with cross-platform C2, credential theft, and kernel-level EDR bypass.
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UAT-10147: Chinese-speaking adversary integrates agentic AI into post-compromise operations
Cisco Talos tracks UAT-10147, a Chinese-speaking cybercrime group exploiting vulnerable web servers and using agentic AI in post-compromise operations.
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Describing attacks with crime script analysis
Cisco Talos researcher Martin explains how crime script analysis describes attacks in everyday language, aiding communication and identifying disruption points.
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Decline in Rig Exploit Kit
Rig exploit kit activity dropped roughly 75% after the pseudo-Darkleech and EITest campaigns stopped using EKs, reflecting an overall decline in exploit kit activity.
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Curiouser and Curiouser
Cisco Talos' Threat Source newsletter reflects on the 'Make Hazel a Hacker' segment and how cybersecurity questions can have multiple correct answers.
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Dissecting the JWR phishing framework
Cisco Talos uncovered an undocumented phishing framework branded JWR that impersonates checkout and login pages of major payment and shopping platforms.
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- CVE-2026-69846<1%8.2Integer Overflow in Windows Secure Kernel Mode Enables Local Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2026-83939<1%8.2Untrusted Pointer Dereference LPE in Windows Secure Kernel Mode
- CVE-2026-72957<1%7.8Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in Windows Deployment Services Allows Local Code Execution
- CVE-2026-83501<1%5.5Out-of-Bounds Read in Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Enclave
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- Cisco Talosorganization · 11
- ZigCryptoStealermalware · 4
- Ukrainian government organizationvictim · 4
- UAT-10820threat actor · 4
- NetSupport Managerproduct · 3
- Qilinthreat actor · 3
- Amateramalware · 3
- UAT-10147threat actor · 3
- Sandwormthreat actor · 2
- BadIISproduct · 2
- ZigCryptoStealerproduct · 2
- ShinyHuntersthreat actor · 2
- ClearFakemalware · 2
- Cloudflare Workersproduct · 2
- Microsoftvendor · 2
- Ciscovendor · 2
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