Identity and Access

Credential theft, MFA bypass, identity provider compromise, and access management failures.

The Backdoor Key That Puts Itself Back

A threat actor breached a Jenkins server through its unauthenticated Script Console, then installed a self-healing SSH backdoor: delete the key and a systemd timer disguised as an update checker puts it back within five minutes. They stole the keys that decrypt the entire Jenkins credential store, harvested AWS credentials, and two days later deployed a cryptominer throttled to avoid detection. Full kill chain, IOCs, and Sigma detection rules inside.

Skynet Lost the War in 2013. Its Malware Still Doesn't Know It.

A 2013 dropper for the Skynet ZeuS botnet, distributed via a fake lossless-audio release on Usenet, is still being downloaded today. The packed wrapper was absent from every public malware repository for thirteen years, until it surfaced on VirusTotal in late August 2026. Five packer/anti-analysis layers, full IOCs, and behavioural detection guidance inside.

TeamPCP v21: Inside a 45-Second Docker Escape to Multi-Persistence Cryptojacking

Docker exposes a management interface, the Docker daemon API, that lets you create, start, and control containers. When it is accidentally published to the internet with no authentication, anyone who can reach that port can take over the host underneath it. We watched a fully automated toolkit do exactly that in about 45 seconds.