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Talos Intelligence's Q2 2026 Incident Response Trends report reveals a sharp rise in authentication abuse and advanced phishing tactics, with phishing accounting for over half of all engagements. Attackers are exploiting QR codes and platforms like ARToken to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA), while ransomware groups abuse legitimate tools like MeshAgent and Zoho Assist for stealthy access.
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Amazon Inspector has introduced a plugin system for its SBOM Generator (inspector-sbomgen), a tool that creates software bills of materials (SBOMs) for AWS workloads. The new plugin capability allows users to write custom package collectors without needing source code compilation or waiting for official releases.
This article announces a new plugin system for the Amazon Inspector SBOM Generator, enabling users to write custom package collectors without needing to compile source code. The tool generates software bills of materials from various sources like container images and directories.
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