Category: Viruses

  • Microsoft Recall: One Year Later

    Microsoft Recall: One Year Later

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    A 2026 deep-dive on Microsoft Recall: the original 2024 panic, the April 2025 redesign, the Hagenah TotalRecall Reloaded finding, the same-user malware…

  • Ransomware: The Supply Chain Extortion in 2026

    Ransomware: The Supply Chain Extortion in 2026

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    The ransomware supply chain extortion has become the variant the operator has been running since 2024, the variant that the operator uses to hit the victim through the third party, the victim that the third party serves, the victim the operator would not have been able to reach directly.

  • TWINLOOT: An Implant That Lives Inside Microsoft’s Cloud

    TWINLOOT: An Implant That Lives Inside Microsoft’s Cloud

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    In July 2026, Ontinue recovered a Python-based implant framework running on a Windows endpoint inside a Microsoft 365 tenant. The implant hides its command channel inside SharePoint, tunnels interactive access over Microsoft Teams, and routes every API request through the victim’s own Edge browser.

  • The Antivirus Industry in 2026: A Buyer’s Guide for People Who Actually Read Reports

    The Antivirus Industry in 2026: A Buyer’s Guide for People Who Actually Read Reports

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    A comparative review of the 2026 antivirus market: Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro, Kaspersky, Bitdefender, ESET, and Microsoft Defender, with lab data and a…

  • Ransomware: The Data Only Extortion in 2026

    Ransomware: The Data Only Extortion in 2026

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    The data only extortion has become the ransomware variant the operator has been running since 2023, the variant where the operator does not bother with the encryption, the variant where the operator just takes the data and demands the ransom.

  • The Bluetooth Attack Surface You Forgot About

    The Bluetooth Attack Surface You Forgot About

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    Bluetooth is in everything. The phone in your pocket. The watch on your wrist. The AirTag in your bag. The conference room sensor counting occupants. The badge reader at the office door. The fitness band on the gym goer next to you. The toothbrush you bought last month. The total number of Bluetooth devices shipped…

  • Ransomware Decryptor Reliability in 2026

    Ransomware Decryptor Reliability in 2026

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    Ransomware decryptor reliability in 2026 sits as the question the victim has been quietly asking, the question the researcher has been quietly trying to answer, the question the payment decision has been quietly trying to skip.

  • Ransomware Payout: The Reality Check

    Ransomware Payout: The Reality Check

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    Sophos says 29 percent of victims paid in 2024, down from 46 percent in 2022. Coveware says the average payment in early 2026 is around 200,000 dollars. The story is not the headline number, it is what is sitting underneath it.

  • Malware in Mobile Apps in 2026

    Malware in Mobile Apps in 2026

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    Mobile app malware in 2026 sits as the threat the typical enterprise has not addressed, with the enterprise security program focused on the endpoint, the network, the cloud, with the mobile app sitting outside the security program. The mobile app sits as the app the employee uses for the work, the app the customer uses…

  • Phishing Statistics 2026: What the Numbers Actually Look Like

    Phishing Statistics 2026: What the Numbers Actually Look Like

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    The phishing statistics in 2026 run worse than the phishing statistics in 2020 on every measure that matters. The volume went up, the click through rate went up, the credential capture rate went up, the time to first click went down, the time to first report went up. The state of the phishing problem in…