Torq and Criminal IP Partner to Deliver Decision-Ready Threat Intelligence for Autonomous SOC Operations

2026-07-13T20:51:45Zab6d5966b90c4e912b6cc90f259dade5eac1d539b7580e2a9cb41bf076d01dd1
AI coding assistantsAmazon BedrockArmored LikhoBlackCatBusySnakeGhostApprovalGigaWiperLiteLLMNetomicsSiggenSteam C2Visual Studiocredential theftcryptominingdestructive malwaredeveloper supply chainphishingransomwareself-hosted routing intelligencesymlink vulnerabilitythreat intelligence partnership

What happened

This collection of news highlights multiple high-risk threats and supply-chain/AI-tooling weaknesses. Notable items: Siggen — a Windows backdoor that steals credentials and crypto, uses Steam for C2, and spreads via infected Visual Studio project files, posing a developer-targeting supply-chain risk; Microsoft-disclosed GigaWiper — a destructive Windows backdoor able to wipe disks, encrypt files and provide remote access, representing a high-impact wipe/encryption threat to Windows environments; GhostApproval — symlink/approval-bypass flaws in major AI coding assistants that can hide target(s)

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2026-07-13T20:51:45Z
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