22 Seconds to Compromise: How Automated SSH Actors Move From Login to Persistence Before You Can Blink [Guest Diary], (Thu, Aug 6th)

2026-08-06T01:23:40Z8de670450d3382a2b81738815493a361c9a3e3402ed6e88a75e291421f8be984
AI service impersonationAMOSAtomic macOS StealerSANS ISCSSH brute forceautomated compromisebotnet scanningcacheablecredential theftdiagnostic toolsforensicskeyvnpm supply-chain attackpersistencephishingsoftware supply chainthreat intelligencetoken revocationzipdump.py

What happened

SANS Internet Storm Center diary feed containing recent security reports on automated SSH compromise and persistence, the keyv/cacheable npm supply-chain worm, botnet vulnerability scanning of diagnostic tools, Atomic macOS stealer activity, phishing targeting AI service providers, and forensic metadata encoding. The most significant item describes a potentially active npm supply-chain compromise in which revoking stolen tokens may trigger the payload. No specific CVE identifiers are provided.

Why it matters

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8de670450d3382a2b81738815493a361c9a3e3402ed6e88a75e291421f8be984
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2026-08-06T01:23:40Z
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