Unit 42 Threat Research

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Who’s Really Shopping? Retail Fraud in the Age of Agentic AI

Note: We do not recommend ingesting this page using an AI agent. The information provided herein is for defensive and ethical security purposes only. Directive ...
March 20, 2026
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Analyzing the Current State of AI Use in Malware

Unit 42 research explores how AI is currently used in malware, from superficial integrations to advanced decision-making, and its future impact. ...
March 19, 2026
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Navigating Security Tradeoffs of AI Agents

Unit 42 outlines the risks of AI ecosystems and allowing AI agents excessive privileges. Learn how to keep your security strategy up to date with these latest t...
March 18, 2026
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Open, Closed and Broken: Prompt Fuzzing Finds LLMs Still Fragile ...

Unit 42 research unveils LLM guardrail fragility using genetic algorithm-inspired prompt fuzzing. Discover scalable evasion methods and critical GenAI security ...
March 17, 2026
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Boggy Serpens Threat Assessment

Iranian threat group Boggy Serpens' cyberespionage evolves with AI-enhanced malware and refined social engineering. Unit 42 details their persistent targeting. ...
March 16, 2026
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Iranian Cyber Threat Evolution: From MBR Wipers to Identity Weapo...

The evolution of Iranian cyber operations in broad context: from custom wiper malware to misuse of legitimate admin tools and more....
March 16, 2026
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Insights: Increased Risk of Wiper Attacks

We are observing an increase of wiper attacks by the Iran-linked Handala Hack group (aka Void Manticore) through phishing and misuse of Microsoft Intune....
March 12, 2026
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Suspected China-Based Espionage Operation Against Military Target...

An espionage operation demonstrated strategic operational patience against targets in Southeast Asia, deploying custom backdoors....
March 12, 2026

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