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AlphaHunt Converge @alphahunt.io · Jan 19
2024: malware + botnets + C2 rabbit holes.

2025: state actors + supply chain + cloud tradecraft.

2026: Signals Weekly + deep research + forecasting (all of the above… and then some).

If “intel” feels late/noisy/vendor-shaped—subscribe: blog.alphahunt.io

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Your new CFO is a voice clone with “executive presence” 🎭 If AP/payroll changes happen on “sounds right,” you’re literally funding someone’s Q1 bonus 💸

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Deepfake BEC & Payment Diversion: The Q1 2026 Fraud PIR You Can’t Defer
Deepfake BEC = the same old fraud… with a way better script. 🎭💸 If payroll/AP changes can happen on “sounds right,” you’re funding someone’s Q1 bonus.
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February 19, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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2025’s costliest US breaches weren’t “advanced”—they were “whoops, our tokens never die.” Build a revocation factory + JIT admin, or enjoy nine-figure downtime 🔥🔑

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[DEEP RESEARCH] Token Factory: The 5 Costliest US Breaches of 2025
2025’s costliest US breaches: identity, outage math, outcomes Identity-led intrusions at distributors, govtech, healthcare, and an appliance vendor drove nine-figure losses. Outage duration and…
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February 19, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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SIGNALS WEEKLY:

Your control plane isn’t infrastructure.
It’s leverage. 🔥

Ivanti EPMM exploited.
BRICKSTORM in vSphere.
Chrome/Apple/Microsoft in-the-wild patches.
AI accelerating attacker tempo.

Patch windows = days.

#AlphaHunt #Ivanti #vSphere #PatchTuesday
February 18, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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“USPS” wants 39¢ via a sketchy link and your “son” needs gift cards NOW? Wow, totally legit. 🙄📵 Don’t click. Hang up. Call back. Codeword > chaos.

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Holiday Scam Survival Kit (2025): Delivery Texts, ‘Family Emergency’ Calls, Gift Card Traps
Holiday scammers are running peak-season ops 📦🎄 “Delivery problem” texts, AI “family emergency” calls, and “pay via gift card/Zelle” pressure. Rule: don’t click, hang up + call back, never gift…
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February 18, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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Your SOC isn’t understaffed. It’s late. ⏱️😈
Attackers aren’t scaling with malware—they’re scaling with OAuth + tokens + “normal” API exports.

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February 18, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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Presidents’ Day: celebrate freedom by trusting “residential” IPs. Great—attackers are cosplaying as your customers. IP rep is dead; your ATO/fraud bill isn’t. 🏠🧨

Get the playbook (tiered friction > rage-blocking) + subscribe: blog.alphahunt.io/residential-...

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Residential Proxies: When "Normal" Traffic Becomes a Risk Multiplier
“Normal traffic” is now an attacker costume. 🥸🏠 Residential proxies borrow real home ISP IPs, making sprays/scrapes/SaaS intrusion blend in. Don’t rage-block—use tiered friction (identity+behavior)…
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February 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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ShinyHunters found a new love language: SaaS tokens 💘 Why beg for ransom when they can flip your Okta/M365 access like sneakers? 🔥 (74% odds in 2H ’26)

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[FORECAST] ShinyHunters SaaS Data Theft: Why Non-Ransom Monetization Looks Increasingly Attractive
Our new forecast asks: will ShinyHunters make more in 2H 2026 by selling SaaS access/data than by getting paid? Signals say yes. 🕵️‍♂️💸☁️
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February 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Your “autonomous agent” isn’t actually autonomous.

It’s a high-throughput intern with a kill switch.

Because until agents can make decisions and transact (pay), the bottleneck stays human...

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February 16, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Happy early Presidents’ Day: while you grill, your “helpful” AI agent reads a PDF and yeets your tokens via tools. No 0‑day—just vibes + admin 🔥🤖

#AlphaHunt #CyberSecurity #AgenticAI #PromptInjection
February 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Your “AI coworker” didn’t betray you—*you* clicked “Approve.” 🫠 First tell: new OAuth consent + device-code tokens = silent SaaS data drain. Congrats, you just installed breach-as-a-service. 🔥

Read it + subscribe: blog.alphahunt.io/if-your-ai-c...

#AlphaHunt #CyberSecurity #OAuth #AI
If your “AI Coworker” Gets Targeted, What Tips You Off First?
Your “AI coworker” isn’t the breach. The OAuth trust event is. 🔥🕵️‍♂️ Device-code phishing + consent traps = “approve to exfil.” (And yes, AI agents are already being used as the wrapper.)
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February 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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Roses are red, violets are blue—your tenant got owned via device-code “sign-in” + a Teams DM. No malware. Just “legit” tokens 😈📩

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No malware required: device-code phishing + Teams as the intrusion surface
No malware. Still owned. 🧾🔑💬 Device-code phishing + Teams as the “lobby” + stolen OAuth tokens = API-speed SaaS exfil. If you’re hunting binaries, you’re late.
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February 14, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Roses are red. Your OT integrator’s “signed” update is trusted… until it isn’t. AlphaHunt says 14% we get a 2+ critical-infra CI/CD oopsie by ’26. 💘🧨

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[FORECAST] Integrator CI/CD Compromise by End-2026?
OWASP Top 10:2025 put Software Supply Chain Failures front-and-center. 🧩⚙️ Now the fun question: by end-2026, do we get public root-cause confirmation that an industrial integrator’s…
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February 14, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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Iran’s internet went to zero. Attackers didn’t. When it comes back: reset chaos + “support” calls = account takeovers. Valentine’s gift? More MFA prompts. 💘🔐

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Iran’s Internet Went to Zero on Jan 8—Will Account Takeovers Spike in the Next 2–3 Weeks?
Iran’s internet goes dark → attackers don’t stop. They speed-run creds and hit post-auth collection the moment connectivity blips back. ⏱️🔑👀
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February 14, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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Valentine’s week: if “CFO” sends a sweet voice note to change bank details, don’t fall in love—verify out-of-band. Deepfake BEC is the new rom‑com. 💌🔒

Read the Q1 2026 Fraud PIR + quick controls for AP/payroll: blog.alphahunt.io/deepfake-bec...

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Deepfake BEC & Payment Diversion: The Q1 2026 Fraud PIR You Can’t Defer
Deepfake BEC = the same old fraud… with a way better script. 🎭💸 If payroll/AP changes can happen on “sounds right,” you’re funding someone’s Q1 bonus.
blog.alphahunt.io
February 14, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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Valentine’s from Copilot: 1 “trusted” Microsoft-hosted link and your OAuth tokens consent to share your mailbox + OneDrive. MFA just watches. 💘🔓

Peep the CoPhish forecast —then subscribe: blog.alphahunt.io/forecast-cop...

#AlphaHunt #CyberSecurity #MicrosoftCopilot #Phishing
[FORECAST] CoPhish: The Microsoft Copilot Link That Hands Over Your OAuth Tokens
Will at least one publicly disclosed enterprise breach be confirmed where attackers used a Microsoft Copilot Studio..
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February 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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Fake CAPTCHA ➜ “paste this PowerShell.” 🙃
Linked-device pairing ➜ quiet account takeovers. 👻
Device-code phishing ➜ legit login page, attacker gets tokens. 🔑

Our forecast: will Star Blizzard/COLDRIVER debut a new initial-access vector or malware by Oct 2026?

#AlphaHunt #ThreatIntel
February 13, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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Valentine’s tip: stop gifting attackers your OAuth tokens. 2025’s priciest US breaches were “valid accounts” + slow revokes + long outages. Build a revocation factory. 💘🔥

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[DEEP RESEARCH] Token Factory: The 5 Costliest US Breaches of 2025
2025’s costliest US breaches: identity, outage math, outcomes Identity-led intrusions at distributors, govtech, healthcare, and an appliance vendor drove nine-figure losses. Outage duration and…
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February 12, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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Valentine’s week: “package stuck” smish + “I’m your kid, buy gift cards” call. Congrats, it’s the Fraud Sampler Platter. 📦💌 Type the site, hang up + codeword.

Steal your heart, not your bank account—read the kit + subscribe: blog.alphahunt.io/holiday-scam...

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Holiday Scam Survival Kit (2025): Delivery Texts, ‘Family Emergency’ Calls, Gift Card Traps
Holiday scammers are running peak-season ops 📦🎄 “Delivery problem” texts, AI “family emergency” calls, and “pay via gift card/Zelle” pressure. Rule: don’t click, hang up + call back, never gift…
blog.alphahunt.io
February 12, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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SIGNALS WEEKLY: Read & Subscribe for this week's emerging detection ideas 👇

Pre-filled AI prompt links: now a delivery vector. Microsoft warns they can poison assistant recommendations + memory. 🧠🧪

👉️ blog.alphahunt.io/signals-week...

#AlphaHunt #AISecurity #ThreatIntel
February 11, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Zero-days get the headlines. Stolen tokens + “TotallyLegit_SalesEnablement” OAuth consent get the invoices. Happy early Valentine’s—your SaaS has a side‑piece 💘🔑

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Zero-Days Are a Distraction: 2025’s Biggest Losses Were Stolen Tokens + OAuth
Zero-days get the headlines. Stolen tokens + OAuth consent abuse get the invoices. 🧾🔑😈 2025 pain = AiTM/device-code phishing + token replay + KEV-speed edge fires.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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🎰 Your IIS server isn’t “stable” — it’s doing SEO fraud. Vendors call it UAT-8099 vs WEBJACK… same neighborhood, different stickers. Merge the hunt: modules + $ accounts + header-cloaking. 🔥🕵️‍♂️

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#BadIIS #IIS #SEOPoisoning #AlphaHunt
February 11, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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Your “helpful” AI agent (aka shadow IT with hands) reads a PDF, eats a hidden prompt, and politely exfiltrates your tokens. No malware. Just vibes + tool access. 🤖🔥

#AlphaHunt #CyberSecurity #AgenticAI #AI
February 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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Your “AI coworker” won’t drop malware—it’ll politely ask you to approve an OAuth app. First tell: brand-new consent/trust events + device-code tokens firing. Congrats, you approved the exfil. 🙃🔐

#AlphaHunt #CyberSecurity #AI #OAuth
February 9, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Data Privacy Day vibes: attackers don’t need malware—just a device-code “login” + a cheery Teams DM. You approve, they replay tokens, CRM walks out the API door. 🔥🪪

#AlphaHunt #CyberSecurity #MicrosoftTeams #DataPrivacyDay
February 8, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Groundhog Day for OT: same integrator, same “trusted” signed update… and boom—two critical operators owned. AlphaHunt pegs it at 14% by end-’26. Treat vendor CI/CD like prod. 🔥🛠️

#AlphaHunt #CyberSecurity #SupplyChainSecurity #DevSecOps
February 8, 2026 at 2:14 PM