Unit 42 Threat Research

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LANDFALL: New Commercial-Grade Android Spyware in Exploit Chain T...

Commercial-grade LANDFALL spyware exploits CVE-2025-21042 in Samsung Android’s image processing library. The spyware was embedded in malicious DNG files....
November 7, 2025
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Know Ourselves Before Knowing Our Enemies: Threat Intelligence at...

Effective cyber defense starts with knowing your own network. Unit 42 explains why asset management is the foundation of threat intelligence....
November 4, 2025
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Microsoft WSUS Remote Code Execution (CVE-2025-59287) Actively Ex...

CVE-2025-59287 is a critical RCE vulnerability identified in Microsoft’s WSUS. Our observations from cases show a consistent methodology....
November 3, 2025
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When AI Agents Go Rogue: Agent Session Smuggling Attack in A2A Sy...

Agent session smuggling is a novel technique where AI agent-to-agent communication is misused. We demonstrate two proof of concept examples....
October 31, 2025
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Suspected Nation-State Threat Actor Uses New Airstalk Malware in ...

A nation-state attacker is using novel Airstalk malware in supply chain attacks to exfiltrate browser data. Airstalk misuses the AirWatch API....
October 29, 2025
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Bots, Bread and the Battle for the Web

Unit 42 explores the escalating threat of AI-powered malicious SEO and its impact on the credibility of the open web. Read more about how threat actors are expl...
October 28, 2025
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Cloud Discovery With AzureHound

Unit 42 discusses the misuse of pentesting tool AzureHound by threat actors for cloud discovery. Learn how to detect this activity through telemetry....
October 24, 2025
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The Smishing Deluge: China-Based Campaign Flooding Global Text Me...

Global smishing activity tracked by Unit 42 includes impersonation of many critical services. Its unique ecosystem allows attackers to quickly scale....

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