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Mimikatz

Open-source Windows credential extraction tool used in both red-team engagements and real intrusions.

Current stories

securityConfirmed6 publishers

Hundreds of AI agents drove one IP into 440 PaperCut servers across 48 countries

GreyNoise and Blackpoint Cyber trace the new PaperCut auth-bypass chain to one scanning address running AI agents against schools, which turns an unpatched print server from a maintenance ticket into a credential incident.

Perspective Coverage

6 publishers
Builder
Builder 31%
Operator
Operator 57%
Investor
Investor 12%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption38
Hype gap+20
Incentives40
Confidence66
buildOne report1 publisher

One system-prompt rule kept this local 27B from burning its whole context on a Splunk repair

A quantised 27B on one 16GB GPU audited a home Splunk and Sysmon install with nothing leaving the host. Its first repair attempt ran the 128K context window dry. A halt rule in the system prompt got it under control.

Publishers:dev.to

Reality

Evidence38
Adoption9
Hype gap+22
Incentives32
Confidence44
securityOne report1 publisher

The Gentlemen affiliates encrypt within a day of logging into a VPN with a stolen password

Sophos CTU reviewed 15 intrusions by GOLD SHERWOOD affiliates and found the same route each time: a working credential on a Fortinet SSL VPN with no MFA, then RDP into domain controllers within hours.

Reality

Evidence64
Adoption76
Hype gap+12
Incentives70
Confidence58
securityOne report1 publisher

Kimsuky adds Chrome Remote Desktop to a toolkit it never retires

ASEC says the North Korean group now installs Chrome Remote Desktop after AppleSeed lands, while its older VNC and RDP Wrapper activity keeps turning up in logs.

Publishers:asec.ahnlab.com

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption44
Hype gap+8
Incentives55
Confidence58
securityOne report1 publisher

Prevention back to 69%, and a 91-point gap inside one technique

Picus says its 338-million-simulation dataset shows prevention recovering. The same dataset shows one credential-dumping tool blocked 94% of the time by one route and 3% by another.

Reality

Evidence32
Adoption24
Hype gap+32
Incentives86
Confidence38