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: Ryan Dowd
Threat Research
Post-DEF CON Phishing Uses Google Doc Apps Script to Deliver Malware
Post-DEF CON Phishing Uses Google Doc Apps Script to Deliver Malware

Huntress researcher uncovers post-Black Hat & DEF CON phishing campaign using X DMs & malicious documents to deliver AMOS, NetSupport RAT, and other malware.

Latest macOS Update Patches Pre-Auth Remote Code Execution Screen Sharing Vulnerability
Latest macOS Update Patches Pre-Auth Remote Code Execution Screen Sharing Vulnerability

Apple’s latest macOS update addresses two vulnerabilities in its Screen Sharing server, including one that enables pre-authenticated remote code execution.

August 7, 2026
When PUPs Grow Fangs: Dragon Boss Solutions Left an Open Door on 25,000+ Endpoints
When PUPs Grow Fangs: Dragon Boss Solutions Left an Open Door on 25,000+ Endpoints

Understand a malware operation using a signed Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) from Dragon Boss Solutions LLC to silently deploy a PowerShell-based AV killer with SYSTEM privileges. The most critical finding was that the malware's primary update domain, chromsterabrowser[.]com, was unregistered, creating a supply-chain risk where anyone could've registered the domain to push ransomware or other payloads to the 23,565 compromised endpoints.

April 14, 2026
“Malware, from the Outside!”: How a Threat Actor Used Fake OpenClaw Installers to Infect Systems with GhostSocks and Information Stealers
“Malware, from the Outside!”: How a Threat Actor Used Fake OpenClaw Installers to Infect Systems with GhostSocks and Information Stealers

Fake OpenClaw installers sat quietly on GitHub for over a week, loading GhostSocks and information stealers onto every system that downloaded them. Here's what Huntress found.

March 4, 2026