When our Threat Response Team (TRT) analyzed our recent engagement data, one finding stood out above everything else. A single attack category accounted for the majority of our TRT engagements. Not a sophisticated zero-day. Not a nation-state intrusion. Users. Searching. Google. ClickFix and Search Engine Poisoning (SEO Poisoning) have become the number one initial access The post The Search Bar Is the New Phishing Link: The Latest Trend Our SOC Is Seeing appeared first on CyberMaxx.

Educational institutions are increasingly utilizing centralized applications to operate. Recent cyber incidents targeting widely used digital platforms such as the Canvas attack have underscored a growing reality: when these critical systems go down, the impact is immediate, widespread, and deeply disruptive. These are not simple outages. They are sophisticated, targeted attacks that involve extortion and, The post How Modern Managed Detection & Response (MDR) Helps Prevent Large-Scale Educational Platform Attacks appeared first on CyberMaxx.

Threat Actors are aware of the major holidays and are always aware that most organizations will typically be running on reduced staffing. They know that individuals may not be contactable and responses to their activities are slowed. For these reasons, they target these times of year – specifically July 4th – knowing that they will The post CISO Summer Checklist appeared first on CyberMaxx.

Executive Summary According to Google, “Appenzeller” is a 700-year-old, pungent Swiss washed-rind cheese made from raw cow’s milk, known for its intense, spicy flavor profile driven by a secret herbal brine”.  Based on TLS cert name, it’s also what we’re calling some Go malware! CyberMaxx is tracking active intrusions from a two-stage dropper delivering a Go-based command-and-control implant which a threat actor is actively targeting Teams users with.  The implant is equipped with deliberate The post Appenzeller Malware: Go-Based gRPC C2 Targeting Microsoft Teams Users appeared first on CyberMaxx.

CyberMaxx’s Q1 2026 ransomware research report shows threats have stabilized at an elevated level, rather than declining. These CISO ransomware attack insights are for security leaders who take ransomware seriously and understand the importance of planning ahead. Why Stability in the Q1 2026 Ransomware Research Report Still Matters Q1 2026 recorded 2,282 ransomware and data The post CISO Perspective: Inside the Q1 2026 Ransomware Research Report appeared first on CyberMaxx.