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Parasitizing trust: How legitimate infrastructure becomes a delivery pipeline for attackers

·Source: Cisco Talos

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Executive Summary

Adversaries are turning the tools businesses trust into delivery mechanisms for malicious activity. Cisco Talos observed abuse of more than 25 legitimate platforms over the past year, exploiting the built-in trust of collaboration, file-sharing, payment and other services to reach their targets.

Analysis

Adversaries are turning the tools businesses trust into delivery mechanisms for malicious activity. Cisco Talos observed abuse of more than 25 legitimate platforms over the past year, exploiting the built-in trust of collaboration, file-sharing, payment and other services to reach their targets.
Source Attribution

Originally published by Cisco Talos on Oct 21, 2026.

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