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iran

Iran’s Internet Went to Zero on Jan 8—Will Account Takeovers Spike in the Next 2–3 Weeks?

Iran’s internet goes dark → attackers don’t stop. They speed-run creds and hit post-auth collection the moment connectivity blips back. ⏱️🔑👀

weekly

SIGNALS WEEKLY: Taiwan Critical Infrastructure: Reports of China-Linked Probing and Prepositioning

🧭 Taiwan CI pressure looks like recon + access maintenance, not a one-off headline. 🩹 Patch Tuesday + KEV = attacker shopping list. ☁️ And Salesforce Aura/Experience Cloud exposure? No patch… just “surprise, it’s public.”

PIR

Deepfake BEC & Payment Diversion: The Q1 2026 Fraud PIR You Can’t Defer

Deepfake BEC = the same old fraud… with a way better script. 🎭💸 If payroll/AP changes can happen on “sounds right,” you’re funding someone’s Q1 bonus.

forecasts

[FORECAST] CoPhish: The Microsoft Copilot Link That Hands Over Your OAuth Tokens

Will at least one publicly disclosed enterprise breach be confirmed where attackers used a Microsoft Copilot Studio..

weekly

SIGNALS WEEKLY: MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847) Is in KEV: The Unauth MongoDB Leak You Need to Patch

MongoBleed is in KEV: unauth MongoDB memory leak = creds/tokens. Patch + find exposed hosts. Dolby fix + poisoned dev tools too. 🧯🧬👇

breaches

[DEEP RESEARCH] Token Factory: The 5 Costliest US Breaches of 2025

2025’s costliest US breaches: identity, outage math, outcomes Identity-led intrusions at distributors, govtech, healthcare, and an appliance vendor drove nine-figure losses. Outage duration and revocation speed determined the spread between disruption and recovery.

geopolitics

Geopatriation Is Coming: Sovereign Clouds Will Break Your Telemetry First

2026 prediction: “sovereign cloud” becomes the #1 way to accidentally create telemetry refugees 🛂☁️ Meanwhile: DPRK “IT workers” in the supply chain + OAuth consent hijacks that laugh at MFA 🔑🎭 What’s your log-clears-customs plan?

weekly

SIGNALS WEEKLY: Poisoned DNS Updates + Aflac’s 22.65M Aftershock (and MongoBleed)

This week’s vibe: MongoBleed → KEV, BitLocker ransomware in critical infra, poisoned DNS “updates” for MgBot, and Aflac’s ~22.65M aftershock. 🔥🧨🦠

breaches

Token Factory: The 5 Costliest US Breaches of 2025

2025’s priciest breaches weren’t “elite malware.” They were tokens + SaaS + downtime 🪙⏱️🔥 If your revoke MTTR is measured in days, the attackers already won.

edr

CrowdStrike vs Microsoft Defender: Who Leads EDR/XDR Into 2026?

EDR “leader” in 2026 = who contains fastest at scale + doesn’t implode during updates. 🎄🧯 Our model: CrowdStrike 50% (±8), Microsoft Defender 35% (±7), SentinelOne 15% (±5).

weekly

SIGNALS WEEKLY: Holiday Patch Panic: Cisco AsyncOS Zero-Day + KEV Edge Rush

🎄 Zero-day season: Cisco AsyncOS exploited + KEV edge scramble. 🧯 VNC-to-HMI + cloud C2 (Drive/Telegram) keep paying rent.

scam

Holiday Scam Survival Kit (2025): Delivery Texts, ‘Family Emergency’ Calls, Gift Card Traps

Holiday scammers are running peak-season ops 📦🎄 “Delivery problem” texts, AI “family emergency” calls, and “pay via gift card/Zelle” pressure. Rule: don’t click, hang up + call back, never gift cards/crypto/wires.