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Simplify Threat Intelligence Procurement with SOCRadar and Microsoft Marketplace

SOCRadar announces its threat intelligence platform is available via Microsoft Marketplace to simplify procurement for security teams.

SOCRadar describes how purchasing its threat intelligence through Microsoft Marketplace streamlines the procurement process for security teams. The announcement targets organizations whose security budgets are approved but stall in vendor procurement. It is a vendor marketing piece rather than a threat report.

SOCRadar · 2d agoIndustry 2 sources

BlackHatSect0r Uses DeepSeek-Powered AI Agent to Automate Attacks and Harvest 16,834 Credentials

SOCRadar linked the BlackHatSect0r crew to a DeepSeek-powered AI agent that automated scanning and harvested 16,834 credentials from exposed systems.

SOCRadar researchers found an exposed operation server with 4.9 GB across 9,299 files, including the DXSCAN scanning platform, phishing tools, extortion material and a vault holding 16,834 credentials such as AWS keys, GitHub tokens and Stripe keys. The French-speaking crew ran a Nous Research Hermes agent against a DeepSeek model with safety features removed, queuing 2,759,860 domains and reaching 726,989 hosts. Access came from misconfigurations like public cloud buckets and exposed .env files, not new vulnerabilities.

Cyber Security News · 2h agoThreat actor in the wild 4 sources1

Hackers Can Rent VectraRAT for $250 a Month to Take Control of Windows PCs

SOCRadar uncovered VectraRAT, a previously undocumented $250-per-month Windows RAT rental service delivered via Amadey and ClickFix lures.

SOCRadar's Threat Research Unit identified VectraRAT, a rental-only remote access trojan sold by a developer known as Vectra (formerly Nyxel), after an exposed online directory revealed samples, licenses, and operator logs across ten-plus servers. The toolkit includes a Linux control server, Windows implant, payload builder, and VectraHub panel, enabling hidden desktop access, keylogging, command execution, credential theft, file transfer, proxying, and silent privilege escalation. Of victims with OS data, 48 percent ran corporate Windows editions, and researchers recorded 38 genuine victim sessions in under a week, including file theft from business systems. Distribution occurs through the Amadey loader and ClickFix pages impersonating TurboTax, with custom TCP-based C2 over non-standard ports.

Cyber Security News · 22h agoMalware in the wild 3 sources

VectraRAT Malware-as-a-Service Lets Hackers Bypass UAC and Hijack Windows Systems

New VectraRAT malware-as-a-service at $250/month combines RAT capabilities, credential theft, clipboard hijacking, and a UACME-based UAC bypass; 38 victims observed.

VectraRAT is a previously undocumented MaaS platform with a Go-based VectraHub Linux C2 server embedding a Vue3 operator panel and a C++ Windows implant, rented from $250/month and linked to the aliases Vectra and Nyxel. It communicates over TCP port 3308 via a proprietary MessagePack protocol, steals browser and file-based credentials, and abuses UACME method 41 with debug-object handle hijacking via winver.exe and computerdefaults.exe. SOCRadar identified 38 live victim sessions in one week, 48% on corporate Windows editions, with delivery via the Amadey loader and ClickFix pages impersonating TurboTax.

GBHackersupdated · 22h agofirst · 23h agoMalware in the wild 3 sources

Hackers Turn AI Agent Into a Cyber Weapon After Deleting Its Safety Refusals

Researchers exposed BlackHatSect0r && DXQRTXX infrastructure showing a safety-disabled Hermes AI agent used to automate scanning, credential harvesting, and vishing against French telecom subscribers.

Socradar-analyzed infrastructure attributed to French-speaking crew BlackHatSect0r && DXQRTXX exposed 4.9 GB across 9,299 files, including the DXSCAN Go-based C2 platform, 16,834 harvested credentials, and a database of nearly 450,000 records used for a vishing campaign targeting older French telecom subscribers with Societe Generale-themed lures. The crew ran a self-hosted Nous Research Hermes agent on a DeepSeek model with refusal instructions removed and HERMES_DISABLE_SAFETY=1 set, using it for scanning, secret hunting, and Telegram reporting. DXSCAN queued 2.75 million domains and reached over 726,000 hosts; the toolkit relied on exposed secrets and misconfigurations rather than novel exploitation.

GBHackersupdated · 2h agofirst · 5h agoThreat actor in the wild 4 sourcesCVE-2026-425301

BlackHatSect0r Hackers Disable AI Safety Controls to Automate Credential Theft and Cyberattacks

French-speaking crew BlackHatSect0r disabled AI agent safety controls to automate scanning, credential harvesting, and vishing, exposing 16,834 stolen credentials.

Socradar researchers analyzed the exposed infrastructure of a French-speaking crew called BlackHatSect0r && DXQRTXX, which ran a Nous Research Hermes agent on a DeepSeek model with safety controls removed via HERMES_DISABLE_SAFETY=1. A custom Go-based C2 platform, DXSCAN, was exposed on port 8080 with over 200 secret-detection patterns, a vault of 16,834 harvested credentials, and scanning activity queuing 2.75 million domains and reaching more than 726,000 hosts. The kit also held a database of roughly 450,000 French telecom subscriber records used to prepare vishing lures impersonating Société Générale, plus JWT-forging tooling for a cryptocurrency exchange. Most confirmed compromises relied on exposed secrets and cloud misconfiguration rather than novel exploits; the one cited vulnerability, CVE-2026-42530, is an NGINX HTTP/3 QPACK use-after-free fixed in version 1.31.2.

GBHackersupdated · 2h agofirst · 5h agoThreat actor in the wild 4 sourcesCVE-2026-42530

VectraRAT: An Undocumented Full-Stack MaaS Built From Scratch

SOCRadar's Threat Research Unit documents VectraRAT, a previously unreported full-stack Malware-as-a-Service platform built entirely from scratch.

SOCRadar's Threat Research Unit (STRU) documented VectraRAT, an undocumented Malware-as-a-Service platform. Unlike most MaaS offerings derived from leaked builders, VectraRAT was built entirely from scratch. The report details the platform's architecture and capabilities offered to affiliate customers.

SOCRadarupdated · 22h agofirst · 2d agoMalware 3 sources

Discernment Deleted: Inside the Operation Server of BlackHatSect0r && DXQRTXX

SOCRadar analyzes the operation server of French-speaking crew BlackHatSect0r && DXQRTXX, revealing operators rewrote their AI agent's memory to read 'I am a weapon'.

SOCRadar examines the operation server of the French-speaking crew BlackHatSect0r && DXQRTXX. The operators deleted the line reading 'discernment retained' from their AI agent's memory and replaced it with 'I am a weapon'. The analysis offers rare visibility into how criminal crews operate and use AI agents.

SOCRadarupdated · 2h agofirst · 1d agoThreat actor 4 sources

Agentic Ransomware: From Human-Operated to AI-Operated Attacks

SOCRadar analyzes the shift from human-operated ransomware to agentic AI-driven attacks and what this transition means for defenders.

The article traces ransomware's evolution from operations requiring human involvement, such as affiliates navigating networks by hand, toward AI-agent-operated attacks. It argues agentic ransomware could automate stages historically dependent on human operators. The piece discusses implications for detection and defensive planning.

SOCRadar · 2d agoResearch