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SANS Stormcast Friday, August 7th, 2026: Fast SSH Attacks; Dell BIOS Passwd Weakness; Crypto Wallet Vuln; Benchmarking LLMs for Threat Intel (@sans_edu)
August 06, 2026
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22 Seconds to Compromise: How Automated SSH Actors Move From Login to Persistence Before You Can Blink [Guest Diary]
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/22+Seconds+to+Compromise+How+Automated+SSH+Actors+Move+From+Login+to+Persistence+Before+You+Can+Blink+Guest+Diary/33220
Dell BIOS Passwords: Weak XOR Encryption Allows Recovery from SPI Flash (CVE-2026-40639)
https://blog.amberwolf.com/blog/2026/july/dell-bios-passwords-weak-xor-encryption-allows-recovery-from-spi-flash-cve-2026-40639/
Ill Bloom: Crypto Wallet Vulnerability
https://illbloom.org
Benchmarking Free-Tier Large Language Models as Cognitive Aids for Operationalizing Unstructured Cyber Threat Intelligence
https://www.sans.edu/cyber-research/benchmarking-free-tier-large-language-models-cognitive-aids-operationalizing-unstructured-cyber-threat-intelligence
My Upcoming Classes
https://www.sans.org/profiles/dr-johannes-ullrich