Old Macros, New Attack Paths: Why Documents Need Content Security
A spreadsheet can hold more than numbers and formulas. It can hold code. It can connect to a database. It can tell an application…
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UAT-11587 Hides a Backdoor Behind a Fake Gmail Attachment
A familiar email design can hide a dangerous download. A trusted Windows program can load a malicious file. A normal cloud service can carry…
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CSuite Phishing Turns a Document Lure Into Two Separate Compromises
A new phishing operation called CSuite is more dangerous than ordinary credential phishing. It does not rely on a single point of failure. One…
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Eight Seconds to Compromise: Why the Cybersecurity Response Window Has Collapsed
AI is accelerating attacks, skilled human operators are already moving at machine speed, and prevention increasingly has to happen before malicious content is ever…
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When Malware Plays Dead: Why Content Reconstruction Matters Before Detonation
Threat Research When Malware Plays Dead: Why Content Reconstruction Matters Before Detonation FileDNA Research · September 2026 · 8 min read Modern malware increasingly…
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TerminalFix: Where FileDNA Can Break the Attack Chain—and Where It Cannot
Microsoft recently documented TerminalFix, an evolution of the ClickFix social-engineering technique that replaces a familiar Windows Run prompt with instructions to use Windows Terminal…
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Why “Harmless” File Types Like SVG Aren’t Harmless At All
A two-month phishing campaign proved that the file types your email filters trust the most are often the ones built to be trusted the…
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Every computing era built a new security layer. This one is content
Every era of computing eventually paid for the security layer it needed. The AI era needs one at the content itself, and that is…
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The Missing Layer in the Modern SOC: How FileDNA CADR Completes a Multi-Layered Defense Strategy
Security leaders have invested heavily in detection and response. The returns on that investment are real. What remains unaddressed is the file itself, and…
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When Attackers Target the AI Instead of the User For years, phishing had one goal, which was to get a person to click. That…
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