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Cybercriminals are shifting from traditional credential theft to session hijacking using infostealer malware, allowing them to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). By harvesting and replaying valid session tokens using automated tools, attackers gain rapid, stealthy access to corporate environments, which is then often monetized by Initial Access Brokers.
A recent leak of internal communications and backend data from 'The Gentlemen' RaaS operation has revealed the group's highly structured operational model and mature toolset. The threat actors actively exploit edge appliances and NTLM relay vulnerabilities for initial access, followed by extensive use of red-team tools and custom EDR evasion techniques to deploy their cross-platform ransomware.
Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday release addresses 132 CVEs, including 29 Critical vulnerabilities and 14 with a CVSS score of 9.0 or higher. Key threats include a critical authentication bypass in the Microsoft SSO Plugin for Jira & Confluence, unauthorized RCEs in Windows Netlogon and DNS Client, and multiple Office RCEs exploitable via the Preview Pane.
Socket has announced a new integration with Jira Cloud to streamline vulnerability management and remediation workflows. The integration enables security and engineering teams to automatically or manually sync Socket security alerts into Jira issues, complete with customizable routing and two-way state synchronization.
This threat intelligence newsletter highlights the emerging 'Platform-as-a-Proxy' (PaaP) technique, where attackers abuse legitimate SaaS notifications to bypass traditional email security. It also covers active campaigns, including Storm-1175 deploying Medusa ransomware via CVE-2026-1731, and UAT-10362 targeting Taiwanese organizations with a novel Lua-based malware called LucidRook.
