More Attackers Are Logging In, Not Breaking In
2026-03-18T02:51:44Z•7b120520a3fe3b0b2a003fc8b736270fa187aebd25285d111c00f73c54d84ad1
AI-enabled social engineeringAPTBYOVDCobalt StrikeEDR bypassGlassWormMFA bypassTycoon-2FAbackdoorsbanking trojancloud exploitationcredential theftdata exfiltrationgithub-actions compromiseinfostealerlivechat phishingnation-state actornative toolingphishingpost-quantum cryptographyransomwaresupply-chain compromisevulnerability exploitation
What happened
DarkReading roundup (March 2026) documents a clear shift in the threat landscape: credential theft has surged due to the industrialization of infostealer malware and AI-enabled social engineering; ransomware gangs are abandoning commodity tooling like Cobalt Strike for native Windows techniques and increased data theft; supply-chain and developer-tool compromises (GitHub Action/tag poisoning, malicious extensions like GlassWorm) persist; nation-state/APT campaigns and novel backdoors are targeting critical sectors; and cloud compromises increasingly stem from vulnerability exploitation that ev
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