Microsoft’s threat intelligence blog warns organizations about Storm-0501’s evolving tactics, targeting hybrid cloud environments. Active since 2021, the group gains initial access to on-prem environments before pivoting to the cloud, using stolen credentials for persistent access. Recently deploying Embargo’s ransomware, Storm-0501 exploits over-privileged accounts and often implants backdoors, posing significant risks to cloud security.
AI Tool To Escalate Privilege & Gain Root Access Within a Minute
RamiGPT, an AI-driven security tool developed by GitHub user M507, can autonomously escalate privileges and gain root access to vulnerable systems in under a minute.
