Darktrace observed opportunistic exploitation of the React2Shell vulnerability within minutes of honeypot deployment. Attackers leveraged shell scripts, HTTP beaconing, and cryptomining activity, highlighting rapid adaptation to unpatched flaws.

Atomic Stealer is rapidly emerging as a significant macOS threat, using infostealing and backdoor capabilities to target Apple users worldwide. Darktrace observed campaigns in 24 countries, detecting activity across multiple kill chain stages and providing recommended actions to contain attacks.

Darktrace is delivering a major evolution in email security, uniting true AI-powered cross-domain detection, label-free behavioral DLP, and Microsoft-native automation – to catch the 17% of threats that SEGs miss.

A global hospitality brand uses Darktrace AI for autonomous, preventative cybersecurity – protecting guest experience, reducing risk, and enabling secure, scalable venue expansion worldwide.

Darktrace announces its Leader position in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Email Security Platforms, following a recent Customers’ Choice recognition from Gartner Peer Insights.

Darktrace detected a surge in Black Friday phishing campaigns exploiting brand impersonation, urgency-driven language, and malicious redirects. Attackers leveraged newly registered domains and social engineering to mimic Amazon, Louis Vuitton, and luxury watch retailers. Learn how layered evasion tactics bypassed security and how Darktrace / EMAIL neutralized these threats.

Black Friday continues to be a prime opportunity for threat actors, with early analysis from Darktrace showing a significant spike in attackers impersonating well-known brands, as well as the brands most frequently impersonated by scammers. Plus, check out our top tips to stay safe while filling your basket with deals.

TAG-150, a MaaS operator active since March 2025, uses CastleLoader and CastleRAT in multi-stage attacks. CastleLoader acts as a loader that retrieves and executes additional malware through deceptive domains and malicious GitHub repositories, while CastleRAT functions as a remote access trojan providing attackers with system control, command execution, and data theft capabilities. Darktrace detected and blocked early attack activity, leveraging Autonomous Response to prevent further compromise and protect enterprise networks.

Xillen Stealer v4/v5 introduces advanced features to evade AI detection, steal credentials, cryptocurrency, and sensitive data across browsers, password managers, and cloud environments. With polymorphic engines, container persistence, and behavioral mimicking, this Python-based malware highlights evolving threats and future AI integration in cybercrime campaigns.

本稿では、現代のOTが可視性だけに頼ることはできない理由、そしてゼロトラストアクセスコントロールとAI駆動のビヘイビア検知と組み合わせることにより、リアルタイムの監視、アカウンタビリティ、安全なリモートアクセスを、オペレーションを混乱させることなく実現する方法について、今後の展望も見据えて解説します。

Amazon Bedrockのような生成AIサービスは、アクセス、可視性、データ露出に関連した新たなリスクをもたらしつつあります。 本稿では、Darktrace / CLOUDがBedrockおよびSageMaker環境において、コンフィギュレーションに対する深い可視性、権限の分析、設定ミスの検知、挙動の異常の検知により、これらのインシデントを防ぐのにどう役立つかを解説します。

Earlier this year, Darktrace investigated the Vo1d malware campaign, tracing its activity from DGA-based DNS beaconing to major cloud infrastructure and ultimately to its C2 server communications. This blog explores how Darktrace detected Vo1d and presents a detailed timeline of Cyber AI Analyst’s investigation.

Darktrace has been named the only Customers’ Choice in the 2025 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Network Detection and Response, earning a 4.8/5 rating from 242 reviews and being named both Gartner Customers’ Choice and a Magic Quadrant Leader recognition.

Darktrace investigates a DragonForce-affiliated ransomware attack targeting the manufacturing sector. The blog details the attack lifecycle, from network scanning and credential brute-forcing to data exfiltration and file encryption.

In October 2025, Microsoft disclosed a critical vulnerability in its Windows Server Update Service (WSUS). This blog details Darktrace’s analysis of the vulnerability, focusing on two US customers where active exploitation was detected.

This blog introduces new innovations in Darktrace / Proactive Exposure Management that bring precision and clarity to vulnerability prioritization. Learn how No-Telemetry Endpoints provide real device context without network data and how new Cost-Benefit Analysis capabilities quantify patching ROI—helping teams cut noise, act faster, and strengthen proactive risk management.

This blog explores how Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) is reshaping defense strategies and how new Darktrace / Attack Surface Management capabilities, including Exploit Prediction Assessment and Deep & Dark Web Monitoring, help organizations turn CTEM from strategy into action.

Darktrace delivers the next evolution of NDR, extending an industry-first bridge across the network and endpoint gap with Self-Learning AI.

中国に関係のあるサイバー諜報グループ、Salt TyphoonがDLLサイドローディングやゼロデイエクスプロイト等のステルス手法を使って世界的なインフラを狙っていることが確認されました。ダークトレースは最近Salt Typhoonの戦術と一致する初期の侵入アクティビティを検知しました。これは国家が支援する執拗な脅威に対する防御において従来のシグネチャベースの手法ではなく異常ベースの検知が重要であることを裏付けています。

This civil engineering company maintains much of the highway infrastructure across the UK. After legacy tools failed to stop advanced email threats, the company adopted Darktrace’s AI, which autonomously detected and neutralized attacks—proving its value and driving broader deployment.

Starting in July 2025, Akira ransomware attacks surged globally, targeting SonicWall SSL VPN devices. In August, Darktrace detected suspicious activity in a US network, including scanning, lateral movement, and data exfiltration. A compromised SonicWall VPN server linked the incident to the broader Akira campaign exploiting known vulnerabilities.

The latest release of Darktrace / OT brings powerful new innovations to security teams defending industrial infrastructure. With a dedicated OT dashboard, segmentation-aware risk modeling, and expanded visibility into edge assets and automation protocols, Darktrace / OT empowers engineers and defenders with the context and control they need to protect today’s converged environments, from IT to the industrial edge.

Darktrace has officially joined the Microsoft Security Store Partner Ecosystem, marking a major milestone in our ongoing collaboration with Microsoft and reinforcing our commitment to delivering intelligent, integrated protection for defenders everywhere.

Phishing emails from compromised vendors are increasingly difficult to distinguish from genuine correspondence. They challenge workers, security teams and traditional email SEGs alike. Anomaly detection can be a game-changer in spotting the subtle signs of these meticulous attacks.

Following the announcement of Darktrace / Forensic Acquisition & Investigation, we’re excited to share how Darktrace / CLOUD is evolving to deliver a truly unified approach to cloud security. For the first time, security teams can detect novel cloud threats in real time, automatically investigate them with forensic depth, and respond decisively — all within a single solution built for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.