{
  "id": 1715666,
  "title": "TWINLOOT Abuses SharePoint and Teams to Steal Credentials and Move Across Networks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/twinloot-abuses-sharepoint-and-teams-to-steal-credentials-and-move",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-18T12:38:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/twinloot-abuses-sharepoint-and-teams-to.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously undocumented Python implant framework dubbed TWINLOOT. \"TWINLOOT is a modular, PyArmor-hardened Python implant designed to operate its entire command-and-control infrastructure inside trusted Microsoft services,\" Ontinue said in a technical report shared with The Hacker News. \"Tasking flows through SharePoint Online file",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}