ClickFix to Linked-Device Takeovers: Will Star Blizzard Introduce a New Initial-Access Vector by Oct 2026?

Fake CAPTCHA ➜ “paste this PowerShell.” 🙃 Linked-device pairing ➜ quiet account takeovers. 👻 Device-code phishing ➜ legit login page, attacker gets tokens. 🔑

SIGNALS WEEKLY: Pre-Filled Links That Poison AI Recommendations (and Memory)

Pre-filled AI prompt links: now a delivery vector. Microsoft warns they can poison assistant recommendations + memory. 🧠🧪

[DEEP RESEARCH] BadIIS Isn’t Enough: The IIS Module + HTTP Fingerprints That Catch SEO-Fraud Cloaking

*Vendors are naming slices of the same IIS SEO fraud problem differently. This summary aligns those labels into one unified hunt surface and shows how to separate UAT-8099/WEBJACK from other BadIIS-style activity using concrete host and HTTP fingerprints.*

Residential Proxies: When "Normal" Traffic Becomes a Risk Multiplier

“Normal traffic” is now an attacker costume. 🥸🏠 Residential proxies borrow real home ISP IPs, making sprays/scrapes/SaaS intrusion blend in. Don’t rage-block—use tiered friction (identity+behavior) w/ proxy intel as a risk multiplier.

SIGNALS WEEKLY: ShinyHunters, Vishing, and the MFA Hijack Problem in SaaS

MFA isn’t “done.” It’s now the excuse attackers use on the phone. ☎️😈🔑 Vishing → MFA reset/re-enroll → post-login SaaS data grabs. Plus: selective Notepad++ updater abuse + proxy traffic making IP rep cry.

[FORECAST] ShinyHunters SaaS Data Theft: Why Non-Ransom Monetization Looks Increasingly Attractive

Our new forecast asks: will ShinyHunters make more in 2H 2026 by selling SaaS access/data than by getting paid? Signals say yes. 🕵️‍♂️💸☁️

The Next AI Security Frontier: “Agents With Hands” Are Becoming a Board-Level Risk

Your new “AI helper” is basically shadow IT with hands 🤖🧨 Untrusted content → model decides → tools execute. That’s the breach loop.

SIGNALS WEEKLY: Teams QR/callback phishing beats patching

KEV speedrun of the week 🏁: Office CVE-2026-21509 + WinRAR CVE-2025-8088. Patch anyway… then protect sessions 🍪 (Teams QR/callback lures 📱, SSO/SAML token abuse)

If your “AI Coworker” Gets Targeted, What Tips You Off First?

Your “AI coworker” isn’t the breach. The OAuth trust event is. 🔥🕵️‍♂️ Device-code phishing + consent traps = “approve to exfil.” (And yes, AI agents are already being used as the wrapper.)

No malware required: device-code phishing + Teams as the intrusion surface

No malware. Still owned. 🧾🔑💬 Device-code phishing + Teams as the “lobby” + stolen OAuth tokens = API-speed SaaS exfil. If you’re hunting binaries, you’re late.

SIGNALS WEEKLY: When Management Planes Become the Battlefield

🛫 Your “management plane” is now the battlefield. Cisco Secure Email + HPE OneView are seeing active exploitation, and UAT-8837 is chasing CI targets. Patch like it’s a fire drill. 🔥🧯

[FORECAST] Integrator CI/CD Compromise by End-2026?

OWASP Top 10:2025 put Software Supply Chain Failures front-and-center. 🧩⚙️ Now the fun question: by end-2026, do we get public root-cause confirmation that an industrial integrator’s CI/CD/build/signing or update channel led to 2+ critical-infra intrusions? 😬

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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. ⏱️🔑👀

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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.”

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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..

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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. 🧯🧬👇

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[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?

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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. 🔥🧨🦠

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.