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Hackers Poison Adform Script to Swap Crypto Wallet Addresses Across Customer Sites

Hackers Poison Adform Script to Swap Crypto Wallet Addresses Across Customer Sites

Aug 01, 2026 Web Security / Supply Chain Attack
Attackers modified a JavaScript file served by advertising technology company Adform , turning it into a browser-side tool that rewrites cryptocurrency wallet addresses. Adform detected the incident on July 27, 2026, removed the malicious code, notified affected clients, and reported it to authorities. Anyone who visited a site carrying the affected script on July 27 and copied a Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Tron address may have pasted a different address inserted by the malicious code instead. Adform is telling people to clear their browser cache because the altered file may remain cached after the fix, and to check any wallet address before sending funds. Adform says the code was not designed to install software or establish persistence and operated only while an affected page remained open. The captured sample also rewrites addresses entered directly into form fields, so clipboard copying was not the only path to replacement. The public timeline is unresolved. Adform's noti...
New Webinar: Closing the Approval Gap in AI-Era Ad Tech

New Webinar: Closing the Approval Gap in AI-Era Ad Tech

Jul 15, 2026 Web Security / Supply Chain Security
A single approved marketing tag can quietly load fourth-party code your security team has never seen, granting full access to your forms, customer data, and checkout pages. This on-demand webinar reveals how this Approval Gap forms, and gives your team the blueprint to close it before an auditor, regulator, or attacker finds it first. The Reality of the Approval Gap It's a pattern every security and IT team recognizes: You ran the security review. You approved the vendor. You moved on.
Microsoft Maps Three Salesforce Attack Paths Tied to a Year of ShinyHunters Activity

Microsoft Maps Three Salesforce Attack Paths Tied to a Year of ShinyHunters Activity

Jul 14, 2026 SaaS Security / Identity Security
Attackers whose methods line up with the data-extortion group  ShinyHunters  have spent the past year walking into corporate Salesforce environments without exploiting a single flaw in the platform. The way in has been the trust the organization had already extended, usually through the OAuth connections that tie Salesforce to the apps and third-party vendors around it. In  research published July 13 , Microsoft mapped the campaigns, which ran from mid-2025 into mid-2026, to three distinct techniques. It also worked with Salesforce to roll out new detection and governance tooling aimed at addressing the activity authentication logs miss. That is what makes this hard to catch. When the access comes from a real user who approved a connected app, or from an integration the company already trusts, the traffic reads as ordinary use, and sign-in and authentication monitoring barely registers it. What matters is what the app or account does once it is in, and that is ex...
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AI Threat Readiness 101

websiteWizCloud Security / AI Security
Learn the four pillars of AI threat readiness and how security teams can reduce risk faster with detection, validation, and remediation built for today's threat landscape.
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The State of Shadow AI in 2026 (And How Attackers Are Taking Advantage)

websitePush SecurityShadow AI / Browser Security
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