Microsoft disrupted Fox Tempest, a malware-signing-as-a-service operation that helped ransomware crews make malicious binaries look trusted. Here is what SMBs and government contractors should review now.
A reported CISA contractor GitHub leak shows why secret scanning, token rotation, and CI/CD hardening need to be enforced controls, not optional developer hygiene.
Microsoft’s Storm-2949 case study is a clean warning for SMBs and government contractors: once cloud identity and control-plane access are compromised, attackers can steal data without deploying traditional malware.
AI agents now operate with real credentials inside business systems. Here is how SMBs and government contractors should govern identity, authority, action, and evidence before agentic workflows become unmanaged risk.
Grafana disclosed unauthorized GitHub access tied to a leaked token and codebase download. Here is what SMBs and government contractors should tighten around source-code access, CI/CD tokens, and extortion readiness.
CISA added Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2026-42897 to KEV after evidence of active exploitation. For SMBs and government contractors, the lesson is simple: internet-facing email infrastructure needs emergency mitigation playbooks before the patch lands.
Device code phishing is scaling because it abuses legitimate OAuth flows instead of simply stealing passwords. Here is what SMBs and government contractors should review now.
GTIG reports UNC6671 / BlackFile is using vishing, AiTM phishing, and SaaS data theft to extort organizations. Here is what SMBs and government contractors should harden now.
