All Huntress Blog Posts

All Huntress Blog Posts

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Author: Jamie Levy
Threat Research
Riding the Rails: Threat Actors Abuse Railway.com PaaS as Microsoft 365 Token Attack Infrastructure
Riding the Rails: Threat Actors Abuse Railway.com PaaS as Microsoft 365 Token Attack Infrastructure

Attackers turned Railway.com's free cloud platform into a Microsoft 365 token-stealing machine, hitting 268+ organizations and 100+ MSPs. Here's the full infrastructure breakdown.

Someone Else’s SIEM: A Threat Actor Abuses Another Free Trial
Someone Else’s SIEM: A Threat Actor Abuses Another Free Trial

A threat actor exploited SolarWinds Web Help Desk, then ran victim triage from a free Elastic Cloud SIEM trial. The infrastructure they left behind told us everything.

Clearing the Water: Unmasking an Attack Chain of MuddyWater
Clearing the Water: Unmasking an Attack Chain of MuddyWater

Huntress traced a full Iranian-linked APT intrusion from RDP initial access through DLL side-loading and C2 communications. This is the complete MuddyWater attack chain, step by step.

How an Attacker’s Blunder Gave Us a Rare Look Inside Their Day-to-Day Operations
How an Attacker’s Blunder Gave Us a Rare Look Inside Their Day-to-Day Operations

An attacker's mistake gave Huntress an unusually clear window into how a real cybercriminal operation runs day-to-day. Here's the full investigation, including the timeline they didn't want us to see.

Wing FTP Server Remote Code Execution (CVE-2025-47812) Exploited in the Wild
Wing FTP Server Remote Code Execution (CVE-2025-47812) Exploited in the Wild

Huntress observed active exploitation of Wing FTP Server CVE-2025-47812 — a null byte and Lua injection flaw leading to root-level remote code execution. If you're running it, update now.

Post-Exploitation Activities Observed from the Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server Flaw
Post-Exploitation Activities Observed from the Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server Flaw

A proof-of-concept for the Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server vulnerability went public and exploitation followed quickly. Huntress observed limited in-the-wild activity and documents what attackers did after.