Microsoft Quick Assist

This brief describes a behavioral detection for Windows hosts where two or more distinct remote monitoring and management (RMM) or remote-access tools from different vendors are observed starting processes within an eight-minute window, indicating potential compromise, shadow IT, or attacker staging of redundant access.

Roundup of Microsoft security advisories published in July 2026.

The MuddyWater group is disguising its cyber-espionage operations as Chaos ransomware attacks, using Microsoft Teams social engineering for initial access and establishing persistence, likely to complicate attribution and mask their true objectives.

The April 2026 Red Canary Intelligence Insights highlights the axios npm compromise, TeamPCP's LiteLLM compromise via PyPI, and a surge in Microsoft Teams phishing, leading to RAT deployment, credential harvesting, ransomware deployment, or data theft.