All Huntress Blog Posts

All Huntress Blog Posts

All things cybersecurity engaging and accessible - so you can stay ahead of hackers and boost your cybersecurity savviness.

Author: Jamie Levy
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.

Active Exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk
Active Exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk

Huntress observed active exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk across three customers — with attackers deploying Cloudflare tunnels and Velociraptor for persistence immediately after getting in.

Rogue RMMs: Common Social Engineering Tactics We Saw in 2025
Rogue RMMs: Common Social Engineering Tactics We Saw in 2025

ScreenConnect keeps showing up in ransomware chains, not because of a new exploit, but because of social engineering. The Huntress SOC documents the tactics.

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.

macOS Support Is Here!
macOS Support Is Here!

macOS malware is real, it's evolving, and Huntress now has a Mac agent to do something about it. Here's what the general availability of macOS support means for partners and their mixed-OS environments.

November 1, 2022