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Behind the Fake Tax Notice - Part II: ValleyRAT Unmasked

Jul 6, 2026 By Foresiet In Foresiet
In Part I of this series — “Behind the Fake Tax Notice” — the Foresiet Threat Intelligence Team mapped a multi-country, tax- and invoice-themed phishing network built around hxxps://adresesvip/. That infrastructure, hosted on Alibaba Cloud in Hong Kong, was used to target taxpayers across India, Germany, Malaysia and Japan. The first report documented the lure, the sender and the hosting, but left one question open: what does the campaign actually deliver?
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UTMStack

Managed SOC Services: Your 2026 Selection Guide

Jul 5, 2026 By cesmng In UTMStack
The managed security services market is projected to reach US$ 87.9 Billion by 2033, up from US$ 41.3 Billion in 2026 at an 11.4% CAGR according to Persistence Market Research. That number matters because it reframes managed SOC services from a niche outsourcing decision into a mainstream operating model for security teams that can't afford blind spots, delayed response, or constant hiring battles.
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cyberint

BlackMatter Ransomware Explained: Delivery Methods, Tactics, and Targets

Jul 5, 2026 By Adi Bleih In Cyberint
Emerging in July 2021, BlackMatter is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platform that permits the developers of the ransomware to generate income through the actions of their cybercriminal associates, referred to as BlackMatter actors, who utilize it against targets. BlackMatter is potentially a reimagining of DarkSide, another RaaS that remained operational from September 2020 to May 2021.
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Payroll Platforms Hold Your Most Sensitive Data - Here's How to Vet Them

Payroll Platforms Hold Your Most Sensitive Data - Here's How to Vet Them

Jul 5, 2026 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
Few business systems contain as much sensitive information as payroll software. Employee salaries, bank account details, tax records, home addresses, government identification numbers, benefits information, and employment history are all stored in one place. A single security weakness can expose data that affects not only the business but every employee on the payroll.
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A Practical Image-to-Video Prompt System for AI Animation

A Practical Image-to-Video Prompt System for AI Animation

Jul 5, 2026 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
An image-to-video prompt should direct motion without destroying the strengths of the source image. The model already has information about the subject, composition, and style; the prompt must explain what changes over time and what should remain fixed. This principle applies across product shots, character animation, anime scenes, and flexibleuncensored ai workflows. More adjectives do not necessarily create better video. Clear priorities do.
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5-Hour Online Pre-Licensing Course - How Registration, Timing, and ID Verification Actually Work

5-Hour Online Pre-Licensing Course - How Registration, Timing, and ID Verification Actually Work

Jul 5, 2026 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
New York rolled out an online version of its 5-hour pre-licensing course a few years back, and on paper it sounds like the easy option: no classroom, no fixed schedule, just log in and get through the material. In practice, the state built in a set of checks that a lot of first-time applicants never see coming, and a couple of deadlines that do not bend for anyone. None of it is designed to trip people up, but the 5 hour online pre-licensing course runs on rules that reward knowing them in advance and punish finding them out the hard way.
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UTMStack

Detection Engineering: Build Robust Programs & Best

Jul 4, 2026 By cesmng In UTMStack
Your SOC probably already has detections. The problem is that many of them don't behave like a managed security capability. They behave like a pile of alerts. Analysts close noisy rules because they have to protect their queue. Engineers keep adding logic because coverage gaps are real. Leaders ask whether the program is improving, and the usual answers are weak. Alert counts go up. Tuning tickets pile up.
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aikido

Authentication Bypass in the default configuration phpBB

Jul 4, 2026 By Jorian Woltjer In Aikido
June 10th, we announced a critical vulnerability in phpBB that lets attackers bypass authentication, now known as CVE-2026-48611. This post is a follow-up, containing technical details that explain exploit scenarios and detection methods. To get you up to speed, phpBB is an old forum software that's still being used today by various technical communities. phpBB's Site Showcase alone has over 6 million members.
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memcyco

How Brand Impersonation Leads to Account Takeover (ATO)

Jul 3, 2026 By Julian Agudelo In Memcyco
Brand impersonation and account takeover (ATO) are often treated as separate security problems. One is viewed as a phishing or brand abuse issue. The other is viewed as an authentication or fraud issue. Attackers often see them differently. Many ATO attacks begin long before a login attempt appears on a dashboard. They begin when a customer encounters a fake website, fraudulent search result, impersonating social media profile, cloned mobile app, or spoofed communication that appears legitimate.
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UTMStack

NIST 800-53 Controls: Master Implementation in 2026

Jul 3, 2026 By cesmng In UTMStack
You're probably in one of two situations right now. Either an auditor has asked for proof that your controls operate, or your SOC is collecting plenty of telemetry but nobody can cleanly map that activity back to NIST 800-53 controls. Both problems usually come from the same gap. The framework lives in policy binders, while the evidence lives in scattered tools. That gap gets painful fast in FedRAMP, CMMC-aligned, and other regulated environments.
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