This month in security with Tony Anscombe – September 2026 edition
2026-10-01T08:51:31Z•f3208132be95f9680f847e6dcdabe1c97389181c03b23b718c287ce9385521bc
AI-assisted-attacksAI-securityAPTAmadeyEDR-evasionEvilTokensFamousSparrowGamaredonOceanLotusSMB-securitySecure-BootSparroWockySprySOCKSStealcautonomous-agentsbackdoorcryptocurrency-scamscybercrimedeepfakesmalwarephishingquishingsocial-engineeringthreat-intelligence
What happened
ESET’s September 2026 security feed covers AI-assisted and autonomous cyberattacks, phishing and quishing, fraud and cryptocurrency scams, unsafe AI-generated applications, deepfakes, SMB security readiness, and emerging threat research. Notable research includes SparroWocky, a backdoor attributed to the FamousSparrow APT group, and reporting on AI-driven malware analysis evasion. The broader feed also references Secure Boot bypasses, Gamaredon, Amadey, Stealc, EDR-killing frameworks, SprySOCKS, EvilTokens, and OceanLotus.
Why it matters
A reviewed impact interpretation has not been published for this record.
Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- eset_welivesecurity
- Record identifier
- f3208132be95f9680f847e6dcdabe1c97389181c03b23b718c287ce9385521bc
- Enrichment time
- 2026-10-01T08:51:31Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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