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September 2026

PEEP Turns Chrome and Edge Into Post-Compromise Backdoors for Host Command Execution

PEEP Turns Chrome and Edge Into Post-Compromise Backdoors for Host Command Execution

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a complex Chromium-based post-exploitation toolkit called PEEP that masquerades as a bookmarks extension for the web browser. “Requiring prior administrative or code execution access, its installer injects the extension… 

Fake IT Calls Target Executives in Microsoft 365 Data Theft and Extortion Attacks

Fake IT Calls Target Executives in Microsoft 365 Data Theft and Extortion Attacks

Ravie LakshmananSep 07, 2026Phishing / Identity Security Threat hunters have disclosed details of a widespread data theft and extortion threat cluster that’s targeting Microsoft 365 and other software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings through information technology (IT) help…