threat research

Understanding the Cookie-Bite MFA Bypass Risk

The Cookie-Bite attack is an advanced evolution of Pass-the-Cookie exploits. This tactic bypasses Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) by leveraging stolen authentication cookies—such as Azure Entra ID’s ESTSAUTH and ESTSAUTHPERSISTENT—to impersonate users.

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The State of AI in Cybersecurity 2025: What’s Working, What’s Lagging, and Why It Matters Now More Than Ever

This second annual study offers a deeper look at how organizations are using AI to detect and respond to attacks faster, where it’s making the biggest impact, and what’s holding adoption back.

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Safeguarding SAP Systems Amid Rising Financial Fraud and Economic Stress

SAP systems are the backbone of enterprise finance—and they’re under attack. As economic pressures rise, so do attempts to exploit financial platforms. From insider threats to ransomware and zero-day vulnerabilities, SAP’s critical role in handling billions of dollars daily makes it a high-value target. The recent disclosure of CVE-2025-31324, a critical zero-day in SAP NetWeaver (CVSS 10.0), exposed just

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The Rise of AI-Driven Cyberattacks: Accelerated Threats Demand Predictive and Real-Time Defenses 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries, but it’s also empowering cybercriminals to launch sophisticated, high-speed cyberattacks. AI-driven attacks, particularly those orchestrated by autonomous AI agents, operate at an accelerated pace, compressing the window for detection and protection.

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WarGames – it’s not 1983 anymore

China’s state-sponsored cyber operations, driven by groups like Volt Typhoon, Salt Typhoon, Brass Typhoon, and APT41, and amplified by techniques like Fast Flux DNS, are not chasing Hollywood apocalypse—they’re seizing America’s networks, turning our infrastructure into a weapon against us.

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Volt Typhoon, Salt Typhoon & APT41: This is No Longer a Drill 

New threat intelligence confirms what many infrastructure leaders have long feared: Chinese state-sponsored threat groups are not only capable of infiltrating U.S. critical systems—they already have.

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Geopolitical and Hacktivist Nightmare

The Fast Flux DNS Threat: A Call to Action Against a Geopolitical and Hacktivist Nightmare

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has quickly become an integral part of modern workflows, with AI-powered applications like copilots, chatbots, and large-scale language models streamlining automation, decision-making, and data processing. However, these same tools introduce significant security risks—often in ways organizations fail to anticipate.

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Threat Research Report: How AI Assistants, Co-Pilots, and Chatbots Create New Cyber Threats

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has quickly become an integral part of modern workflows, with AI-powered applications like copilots, chatbots, and large-scale language models streamlining automation, decision-making, and data processing. However, these same tools introduce significant security risks—often in ways organizations fail to anticipate.

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Threat Research Report: Web Browsers as an Overlooked Risk in Cybersecurity

Web browsers have evolved from passive document viewers into complex platforms essential for cloud-based work. But this transformation has also made them a prime target for cyber threats, leaving enterprises and government networks vulnerable.

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Hiding in Plain Sight: The Hidden Dangers of Geolocation in Cloud Security

One of the biggest challenges organizations face today is detecting malicious activity in cloud environments. As highlighted in MixMode’s latest Threat Research Report, cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging trusted cloud providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud to disguise their attacks, a strategy known as infrastructure laundering.

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Securing OAuth Authentication Risks with AI-Driven Monitoring

As organizations continue to integrate cloud-based services and third-party applications, OAuth authentication has become a cornerstone of modern security frameworks. However, recent cybersecurity incidents highlight a growing concern: OAuth-based vulnerabilities remain an overlooked entry point for attackers, particularly in Zero Trust environments.

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Codefinger Ransomware: Detection and Mitigation Using MixMode

The Codefinger ransomware represents a new frontier in cyber threats, specifically targeting AWS S3 buckets. By exploiting Server-Side Encryption with Customer-Provided Keys (SSE-C), attackers gain control over the encryption process, rendering recovery impossible without their AES-256 keys.

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