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ReliaQuest

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What We Missed: Did ShinyHunters 'Breach' ReliaQuest?

Dark Reading editors discuss whether ShinyHunters breached ReliaQuest and new research questioning the prevalence of AI-generated malware.

Dark Reading editors review stories they had not previously covered in a video discussion, centered on recent activity attributed to the ShinyHunters threat actor and whether it constitutes a breach of security services firm ReliaQuest. The conversation also touches on new research about how common AI-generated malware actually is. No new indicators, victims, or technical details are provided beyond the discussion format.

Dark ReadingSep 3, 19:42 UTC · 12d agoThreat actor

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.

ReliaQuest confirmed a social engineering attack on August 22, 2026, in which an attacker used a fake SSO page and MFA push approval to gain brief view-only access to an identity dashboard, with tactics matching ShinyHunters, which has since listed the firm on its leak portal. The Shadowserver Foundation reported the Dysphoria botnet has compromised nearly 296,000 IoT devices for DDoS attacks and recently added residential proxy capability. Cisco Talos documented JWR, an operator-driven phishing-as-a-service framework linked to The Outsider that harvests credentials, identity documents, and 2FA codes over an encrypted WebSocket. New malware coverage includes the Octagon Android fraud bot ($1,400/month), the C2Looper Rust backdoor delivered via ClickFix, and the Aeternum loader that moved C2 to the Polygon blockchain.

The Hacker NewsSep 1, 17:35 UTC · 14d agoMalware in the wild

ReliaQuest Rejects Compromise Claims After ShinyHunters Incident

ReliaQuest detailed a ShinyHunters-linked social engineering attack and denied reports that the threat actor successfully compromised its systems.

Cybersecurity services firm ReliaQuest disclosed a social engineering attack attributed to activity linked to the ShinyHunters group. The company denied reports that the threat actor successfully compromised its systems, stating the incident did not result in a breach.

Infosecurity MagazineAug 25, 09:30 UTC · 21d agoData breach in the wild

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