Researchers Infiltrate Microsoft Tech Support Scam Operation

2026-10-20T02:51:33Z•82ca1a9a34e6ff8741e37d7ab756871a7c04f9b96ea86922264ea34ae7d78338
CVE-2026-104935AI-agentsAI-securityICSIvantiMicrosoftMicrosoft-365OT-securitySonicWallactive-exploitationcloud-securitycyber-espionageedge-devicesextortionidentity-securityinfluence-operationsmalvertisingmalwarephishingransomwarescamssocial-engineeringspywaresupply-chain-riskthreat-intelligencezero-day

What happened

Dark Reading feed covering active exploitation of edge-device vulnerabilities, phishing and scam infrastructure, ransomware and extortion, spyware delivered through advertising, cloud and identity compromise, AI-agent security risks, cyber-espionage, influence operations, and OT/ICS weaknesses. Notable items include a critical SonicWall SMA SSRF flaw under attack, an Ivanti ICS authentication-bypass/RCE zero-day, Anthropic Claude Code credential theft, AWS Bedrock AgentCore compromise, and large-scale phishing and Microsoft impersonation campaigns.

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

Source ID
darkreading
Record identifier
82ca1a9a34e6ff8741e37d7ab756871a7c04f9b96ea86922264ea34ae7d78338
Enrichment time
2026-10-20T02:51:33Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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