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SANS Stormcast Friday, August 1st, 2025: Scattered Spider Domains; Excel Blocking Dangerous Links; CISA Releasing Thorium Platform

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Scattered Spider Domains; Excel Blocking Dangerous Links; CISA Releasing Thorium Platform
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Scattered Spider Related Domain Names
A quick demo of our domain feeds and how they can be used to find Scattered Spider related domains
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Scattered+Spider+Related+Domain+Names/32162

Excel External Workbook Links to Blocked File Types Will Be Disabled by Default
Excel will discontinue allowing links to dangerous file types starting as early as October.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/external-workbook-links-to-blocked-file-types-will-be-disabled-by-default-6dd12903-0592-463d-9e68-0741cf62ee58

CISA Releases Thorium
CISA announced that it released its malware analysis platform, Thorium, as open-source software.
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/07/31/thorium-platform-public-availability

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