🔍 LiveThreat Advisory Brief — Apr 18, 2026
📊 20 threat advisories & intelligence reports tracked today
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🕵️ Finance Leaders Warn New AI Models Could Amplify Cyber Risks Across Global Banking System
Senior officials from the IMF, ECB, Federal Reserve and other regulators warned that large‑scale AI models such as Anthropic’s Mythos could be weaponised to dis…
🔗 https://www.livethreat.ai/intelligence/finance-chiefs-warn-new-ai-models-may-rattle-global-banking-16087
🎣 Attackers Deploy Device‑Code Phishing to Bypass 2FA Across SaaS Platforms
Threat actors are exploiting OAuth/OIDC device‑code authentication flows to trick users into authorizing malicious logins, effectively bypassing two‑factor auth…
🔗 https://www.livethreat.ai/intelligence/tycoon-2fa-phishers-scatter-adopt-device-code-phishing-16122
🕵️ Global Law Enforcement Takedown of ‘PowerOFF’ DDoS‑for‑Hire Networks Disrupts 75,000 Criminal Users
More than 20 nations seized 50+ domains and arrested four operators of the PowerOFF DDoS‑for‑hire ecosystem, disrupting services used by an estimated 75 000 cri…
🔗 https://www.livethreat.ai/intelligence/four-arrested-in-latest-poweroff-ddos-for-hire-takedown-16098
🕵️ Underground Guide Shows Fraud Actors Vet Stolen Credit Card Shops, Elevating Supply‑Chain Risk for Payment Processors
Flare analysts uncovered an underground manual that details how cyber‑criminals assess and select stolen‑card vendors. The systematic approach mirrors legitimat…
🔗 https://www.livethreat.ai/intelligence/inside-an-underground-guide-how-threat-actors-vet-stolen-credit-card-shops-15975
🕵️ Operation PowerOFF Takes Down 53 DDoS‑For‑Hire Domains, Exposes 3 Million Criminal Accounts
Operation PowerOFF, a coordinated international law‑enforcement effort, seized 53 DDoS‑for‑hire domains and accessed databases containing over 3 million crimina…
🔗 https://www.livethreat.ai/intelligence/operation-poweroff-53-ddos-domains-seized-and-3-million-criminal-accounts-uncovered-16030
🕵️ Anthropic Restricts Powerful AI Vulnerability Discovery Model ‘Claude Mythos’ to 50 Critical‑Infrastructure Vendors
🔗 https://www.livethreat.ai/intelligence/mythos-and-cybersecurity-16053
🦠 Politically Motivated ZionSiphon Malware Targets Israeli Water Treatment Facilities, Potentially Disrupting Service
🔗 https://www.livethreat.ai/intelligence/inside-zionsiphon-politically-driven-malware-aims-at-israeli-water-systems-16031
💥 Active Exploitation of Three Microsoft Defender Zero‑Days Puts Enterprises at Elevated Risk
🔗 https://www.livethreat.ai/intelligence/three-microsoft-defender-zero-days-actively-exploited-two-still-unpatched-16046
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