Category: Research
New macOS Tahoe 26 Biome Stream Logs Every Menu Selection Users Make
Unit 42 researchers have identified a previously undocumented macOS artifact, App.MenuItem, that records granular user menu interactions and can help forensic examiners…
Cisco Talos Shows How AI Agents Can Drive a Disassembler via COM
A new technique from Cisco Talos demonstrates that reverse engineering tools do not need built-in AI features to support agentic workflows. By…
Popa Android Botnet Tied to Publicly Traded Israeli Proxy Firm
Researchers from multiple security firms have linked the Popa botnet, which routes traffic through millions of compromised TV boxes, to NetNut, a…
Cisco Talos Pairs Local AI Agents with Disassemblers to Automate Reverse Engineering
Cisco Talos has detailed a privacy-preserving approach to agentic reverse engineering that connects local AI agents to traditional analysis tools via COM…
Cloud Bucket Hijacking Technique Threatens Data Streams Across AWS, GCP, and Azure
Unit 42 researchers have disclosed a bucket hijacking method that exploits globally unique bucket names across major cloud providers, allowing attackers to…
How Windows COM Becomes a Weapon: A Technical Primer from Cisco Talos
Cisco Talos breaks down how threat actors exploit the Component Object Model for lateral movement, persistence, evasion, and more, offering reverse-engineering guidance…
Uni-App Framework Underpins 236,000 Investment Scam Domains
Researchers at Infoblox have traced more than 236,000 scam-related second-level domains to a shared infrastructure built on the Chinese open-source framework Uni-App,…