A massive campaign impacting nearly 100 online stores using the Magento e-commerce platform hides credit card-stealing code in a pixel-sized Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) image. […]
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New macOS stealer campaign uses Script Editor in ClickFix attack
A new campaign delivering the Atomic Stealer malware to macOS users abuses the Script Editor in a variation of the ClickFix attack that tricked users into executing commands in Terminal. […]
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TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 007 – Cisco Source Code Stolen via Trivy-Linked Breach, Google GTIG Tracks TeamPCP as UNC6780, and CISA KEV Deadline Arrives with No Standalone Advisory, (Wed, Apr 8th)
This is the seventh update to the TeamPCP supply chain campaign threat intelligence report, “When the Security Scanner Became the Weapon” (v3.0, March 25, 2026). Update 006 covered developments through April 3, including the CERT-EU European Commission breach disclosure, ShinyHunters’ confirmation of credential sharing, Sportradar breach details, and Mandiant’s quantification of 1,000+ compromised SaaS environments. This update consolidates five…
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Hack-for-hire spyware campaign targets journalists in Middle East, North Africa
An apparent hack-for-hire campaign from a group with suspected Indian government connections targeted Middle Eastern and North African journalists and activists using spyware, three collaborating organizations said in reports published Wednesday. The attacks shared infrastructure that pointed to the advanced persistent threat group known as Bitter, which most frequently targets government, military, diplomatic and critical…
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Operation Masquerade: FBI Disrupts Russian Router Hacking Campaign
Operation Masquerade: The FBI and DoJ disrupted a Russian GRU campaign that hijacked routers via DNS attacks to spy on users and steal credentials.
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N. Korean Hackers Spread 1,700 Malicious Packages Across npm, PyPI, Go, Rust
The North Korea-linked persistent campaign known as Contagious Interview has spread its tentacles by publishing malicious packages targeting the Go, Rust, and PHP ecosystems. “The threat actor’s packages were designed to impersonate legitimate developer tooling […], while quietly functioning as malware loaders, extending Contagious Interview’s established playbook into a coordinated
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Russian State-Linked APT28 Exploits SOHO Routers in Global DNS Hijacking Campaign
The Russia-linked threat actor known as APT28 (aka Forest Blizzard) has been linked to a new campaign that has compromised insecure MikroTik and TP-Link routers and modified their settings to turn them into malicious infrastructure under their control as part of a cyber espionage campaign since at least May 2025. The large-scale exploitation campaign has been codenamed
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Over 1,000 Exposed ComfyUI Instances Targeted in Cryptomining Botnet Campaign
An active campaign has been observed targeting internet-exposed instances running ComfyUI, a popular stable diffusion platform, to enlist them into a cryptocurrency mining and proxy botnet. “A purpose-built Python scanner continuously sweeps major cloud IP ranges for vulnerable targets, automatically installing malicious nodes via ComfyUI-Manager if no exploitable node is already
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AI-enabled device code phishing campaign exploits OAuth flow for account takeover
A phishing campaign that bypasses the standard 15-minute expiration window through automation and dynamic code generation, leveraging the OAuth Device Code Authentication flow to compromise organizational accounts at scale, has been observed by the Microsoft Defender Security Research team. The campaign uses AI-assisted infrastructure and end-to-end automation. Attack overview Device Code Authentication is a legitimate…
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Iran-Linked Password-Spraying Campaign Targets 300+ Israeli Microsoft 365 Organizations
An Iran-nexus threat actor is suspected to be behind a password-spraying campaign targeting Microsoft 365 environments in Israel and the U.A.E. amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The activity, assessed to be ongoing, was carried out in three distinct attack waves that took place on March 3, March 13, and March 23, 2026, per Check Point. “The campaign is…
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Hackers exploit React2Shell in automated credential theft campaign
Hackers are running a large-scale campaign to steal credentials in an automated way after exploiting React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) in vulnerable Next.js apps. […]
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North Korean Hackers Abuse GitHub to Spy on South Korean Firms
Researchers from FortiGuard Labs have uncovered a high-severity spying campaign targeting South Korean companies. Discover how North Korean…
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TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 006 – CERT-EU Confirms European Commission Cloud Breach, Sportradar Details Emerge, and Mandiant Quantifies Campaign at 1,000+ SaaS Environments, (Fri, Apr 3rd)
This is the sixth update to the TeamPCP supply chain campaign threat intelligence report, “When the Security Scanner Became the Weapon” (v3.0, March 25, 2026). Update 005 covered developments through April 1, including the first confirmed victim disclosure (Mercor AI), Wiz’s post-compromise cloud enumeration findings, DPRK attribution of the axios compromise, and LiteLLM’s release resumption after Mandiant’s forensic audit.…
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New Phishing Platform Used in Credential Theft Campaigns Against C-Suite Execs
A large-scale credential theft campaign targeting senior executives has been linked to a previously unknown automated phishing platform called Venom
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Yurei Ransomware Uses Common Tools, Adds Stranger Things References
Team Cymru details the Yurei ransomware campaign, using standard tools and a few Stranger Things–named payloads to breach and encrypt systems.
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EvilTokens abuses Microsoft device code flow for account takeovers
A new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) campaign is abusing Microsoft’s device code authentication flow to gain unauthorized access to user accounts. Sekoia researchers first spotted the toolkit “EvilTokens” that lets attackers capture authentication tokens by tricking users into completing a legitimate login process in Microsoft’s own environment. The activity, observed since at least mid-February, relies on social…
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CERT-UA Impersonation Campaign Spread AGEWHEEZE Malware to 1 Million Emails
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of a new phishing campaign in which the cybersecurity agency itself was impersonated to distribute a remote administration tool known as AGEWHEEZE. As part of the attacks, the threat actors, tracked as UAC-0255, sent emails on March 26 and 27, 2026, posing as CERT-UA…
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TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 005 – First Confirmed Victim Disclosure, Post-Compromise Cloud Enumeration Documented, and Axios Attribution Narrows, (Wed, Apr 1st)
This is the fifth update to the TeamPCP supply chain campaign threat intelligence report, “When the Security Scanner Became the Weapon” (v3.0, March 25, 2026). Update 004 covered developments through March 30, including the Databricks investigation, dual ransomware operations, and AstraZeneca data release. This update consolidates two days of intelligence through April 1, 2026. HIGH: Mercor AI…
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Casbaneiro Phishing Targets Latin America and Europe Using Dynamic PDF Lures
A multi-pronged phishing campaign is targeting Spanish-speaking users in organizations across Latin America and Europe to deliver Windows banking trojans like Casbaneiro (aka Metamorfo) via another malware called Horabot. The activity has been attributed to a Brazilian cybercrime threat actor tracked as Augmented Marauder and Water Saci. The e-crime group was first documented by Trend…
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Microsoft Warns of WhatsApp-Delivered VBS Malware Hijacking Windows via UAC Bypass
Microsoft is calling attention to a new campaign that has leveraged WhatsApp messages to distribute malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files. The activity, beginning in late February 2026, leverages these scripts to initiate a multi-stage infection chain for establishing persistence and enabling remote access. It’s currently not known what lures the threat actors use to…
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WhatsApp malware campaign uses malicious VBS files to gain persistent access
Microsoft is warning WhatsApp users of a new malware campaign that tricks them into executing malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files, ultimately enabling persistence and remote access. In a March 31 report, Microsoft Defender Experts said attackers have been distributing malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files through WhatsApp since at least late February, relying on…
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Silver Fox Expands Asia Cyber Campaign with AtlasCross RAT and Fake Domains
Chinese-speaking users are the target of an active campaign that uses typosquatted domains impersonating trusted software brands to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan named AtlasCross RAT. “The operation covers VPN clients, encrypted messengers, video conferencing tools, cryptocurrency trackers, and e-commerce applications, with eleven confirmed delivery domains impersonating
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Researchers say credential-stealing campaign used AI to build evasion ‘at every stage’
A new malware-based credential-stealing campaign, which researchers are calling “DeepLoad,” has been infecting enterprise business IT environments over the past In a report released Monday, ReliaQuest AI researchers Thassanai McCabe and Andrew Currie say the most relevant feature of this attack is the way it uses artificial intelligence and other engineering “to defeat the controls…
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DeepLoad Malware Uses ClickFix and WMI Persistence to Steal Browser Credentials
A new campaign has leveraged the ClickFix social engineering tactic as a way to distribute a previously undocumented malware loader referred to as DeepLoad. “It likely uses AI-assisted obfuscation and process injection to evade static scanning, while credential theft starts immediately and captures passwords and sessions even if the primary loader is blocked,” ReliaQuest researchers…
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TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 004 – Databricks Investigating Alleged Compromise, TeamPCP Runs Dual Ransomware Operations, and AstraZeneca Data Released, (Mon, Mar 30th)
This is the fourth update to the TeamPCP supply chain campaign threat intelligence report, “When the Security Scanner Became the Weapon” (v3.0, March 25, 2026). Update 003 covered developments through March 28, including the first 48-hour pause in new compromises and the campaign’s shift to monetization. This update consolidates intelligence from March 28-30, 2026 — two days…
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DeepLoad Malware Combines ClickFix With AI-Generated Code to Avoid Detection
Researchers at ReliaQuest warn of persistent malware campaign targeting enterprise credentials
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TeamPCP’s Telnyx Attack Marks a Shift in Tactics Beyond LiteLLM
Moving beyond their LiteLLM campaign, TeamPCP weaponizes the Telnyx Python SDK with stealthy WAV‑based payloads to steal credentials across Linux, macOS, and Windows.
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Incident responders, s’il vous plait: Invites lead to odd malware events
A phishing campaign targeting multiple organizations led to RMM installations – but not much else (yet). A threat actor experimenting, or an access-as-a-service attack underway? Categories: Threat Research Tags: STAC6405, infostealer, RMM, Phishing
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TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 003 – Operational Tempo Shift as Campaign Enters Monetization Phase With No New Compromises in 48 Hours, (Sat, Mar 28th)
This is the third update to the TeamPCP supply chain campaign threat intelligence report, “When the Security Scanner Became the Weapon” (v3.0, March 25, 2026). Update 002 covered developments through March 27, including the Telnyx PyPI compromise and Vect ransomware partnership. This update covers developments from March 27-28, 2026. HIGH: First 48-Hour Window Without a New Supply…
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TA446 Deploys Leaked DarkSword iOS Exploit Kit in Targeted Spear-Phishing Campaign
Proofpoint has disclosed details of a targeted email campaign in which threat actors with ties to Russia are leveraging the recently disclosed DarkSword exploit kit to target iOS devices. The activity has been attributed with high confidence to the Russian state-sponsored threat group known as TA446, which is also tracked by the broader cybersecurity community…
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Fake VS Code alerts on GitHub spread malware to developers
A large-scale campaign is targeting developers on GitHub with fake Visual Studio Code (VS Code) security alerts posted in the Discussions section of various projects, to trick users into downloading malware. […]
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New Wave of AiTM Phishing Targets TikTok for Business
Push Security has uncovered a new AiTM phishing campaign targeting TikTok for Business accounts using Google and TikTok themed login pages
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BianLian Ransomware Spreads via Fake Invoice SVG Images in New Attacks
Researchers at WatchGuard have identified a new phishing campaign targeting companies in Venezuela. Using malicious SVG image files…
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New AITM phishing wave hijacks TikTok Business accounts
A new AITM phishing campaign targets TikTok Business accounts to hijack them for malvertising, continuing tactics seen in earlier Google-themed scams. Push Security researchers uncovered a new wave of AITM phishing pages targeting TikTok for Business accounts, aiming to hijack them for malvertising. The campaign includes TikTok and Google-themed fake pages, showing links to previous…
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TeamPCP Targets Telnyx Package in Latest PyPI Software Supply Chain Attack
Socket and Endor Labs discovered a new TeamPCP campaign leading to the delivery of credential-stealing malware
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TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 002 – Telnyx PyPI Compromise, Vect Ransomware Mass Affiliate Program, and First Named Victim Claim, (Fri, Mar 27th)
This is the second update to the TeamPCP supply chain campaign threat intelligence report, “When the Security Scanner Became the Weapon” (v3.0, March 25, 2026). Update 001 covered developments through March 26. This update covers developments from March 26-27, 2026. CRITICAL: Telnyx Python SDK Compromised on PyPI — New WAV Steganography TTP TeamPCP compromised the telnyx Python SDK (670,000+…
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New Ghost Campaign Uses Fake npm Progress Bars to Phish Sudo Passwords
ReversingLabs researchers identify a new Ghost campaign using fake npm install logs and progress bars to phish for sudo passwords and steal crypto wallets from developers.
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China-Linked Red Menshen Uses Stealthy BPFDoor Implants to Spy via Telecom Networks
A long-term and ongoing campaign attributed to a China-nexus threat actor has embedded itself in telecom networks to conduct espionage against government networks. The strategic positioning activity, which involves implanting and maintaining stealthy access mechanisms within critical environments, has been attributed to Red Menshen, a threat cluster that’s also tracked as Earth Bluecrow,
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TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 001 ? Checkmarx Scope Wider Than Reported, CISA KEV Entry, and Detection Tools Available, (Thu, Mar 26th)
This is the first update to the TeamPCP supply chain campaign threat intelligence report, “When the Security Scanner Became the Weapon” (v3.0, March 25, 2026). That report covers the full campaign from the February 28 initial access through the March 24 LiteLLM PyPI compromise. This update covers developments since publication. Checkmarx ast-github-action: All 91 Tags…
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TikTok for Business accounts targeted in new phishing campaign
Threat actors are targeting TikTok for Business accounts in a phishing campaign that prevents security bots from analyzing malicious pages. […]
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Coruna iOS exploit framework linked to Triangulation attacks
The Coruna exploit kit is an evolution of the framework used in the Operation Triangulation espionage campaign, which in 2023 targeted iPhones via zero-click iMessage exploits. […]
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Suspected Hijacked Developer Accounts Spread npm Malware
Sonatype uncovers a sophisticated malware campaign using hijacked npm developer accounts to steal API keys and passwords. Is your dev environment at risk?
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GitHub phishers use fake OpenClaw tokens to drain crypto wallets
Threat actors are actively exploiting OpenClaw’s viral popularity to run a phishing campaign that targets developers on GitHub with lures of free crypto tokens. According to a disclosure by OX Security, the campaign involves fake “CLAW” token airdrops that promise thousands of dollars in rewards. Developers are being tricked into malicious GitHub repositories and discussions,…
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GlassWorm Malware Uses Solana Dead Drops to Deliver RAT and Steal Browser, Crypto Data
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new evolution of the GlassWorm campaign that delivers a multi-stage framework capable of comprehensive data theft and installing a remote access trojan (RAT), which deploys an information-stealing Google Chrome extension masquerading as an offline version of Google Docs. “It logs keystrokes, dumps cookies and session tokens, captures screenshots, and
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Fake OpenClaw Token Giveaway Targets GitHub Devs with Wallet-Draining Scam
OX Security reveals a new phishing campaign targeting GitHub developers. Scammers use fake OpenClaw token giveaways to trick users into connecting and draining their crypto wallets
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Device Code Phishing Hits 340+ Microsoft 365 Orgs Across Five Countries via OAuth Abuse
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to an active device code phishing campaign that’s targeting Microsoft 365 identities across more than 340 organizations in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Germany. The activity, per Huntress, was first spotted on February 19, 2026, with subsequent cases appearing at an accelerated pace since then. Notably, the campaign…
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SmartApeSG campaign pushes Remcos RAT, NetSupport RAT, StealC, and Sectop RAT (ArechClient2), (Wed, Mar 25th)
Introduction This diary provides indicators from the SmartApeSG (ZPHP, HANEYMANEY) campaign I saw on Tuesday, 2026-03-24. SmartApeSG is one of many campaigns that use the ClickFix technique. This past week, I’ve seen NetSupport RAT as follow-up malware from Remcos RAT pushed by this campaign. But this time, I also saw indicators for StealC malware and…
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Tax Search Ads Deliver ScreenConnect Malware Using Huawei Driver to Disable EDR
A large-scale malvertising campaign active since January 2026 has been observed targeting U.S.-based individuals searching for tax-related documents to serve rogue installers for ConnectWise ScreenConnect that drop a tool named HwAudKiller to blind security programs using the bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) technique. “The campaign abuses Google Ads to serve rogue ScreenConnect (
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GitHub ‘OpenClaw Deployer’ Repo Delivers Trojan Instead
An AI-assisted campaign is spreading more than 300 poisoned packages for diverse assets ranging from developer tools to game cheats.
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New Npm ‘Ghost Campaign’ Uses Fake Install Logs to Hide Malware
Ghost npm campaign fakes install logs to steal sudo passwords and drop RATs that loot crypto and data
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GitHub-hosted malware campaign uses split payload to evade detection
A large-scale malware delivery campaign has been targeting developers, gamers, and general users through fake tools hosted on GitHub, Netskope researchers have warned. These “lures” are highly polished and appear legitimate, occasionally mimicking real projects, thus making them difficult to distinguish from safe software. A dual-component trojan is delivered Netskope threat researchers first discovered a…
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North Korean Hackers Abuse VS Code Auto-Run Tasks to Deploy StoatWaffle Malware
The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign, also tracked as WaterPlum, have been attributed to a malware family tracked as StoatWaffle that’s distributed via malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) projects. The use of VS Code “tasks.json” to distribute malware is a relatively new tactic adopted by the threat actor since…
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An AI-powered phishing campaign has compromised hundreds of organizations
A phishing campaign tied to AI cloud-hosting service Railway has given hackers access to the Microsoft cloud accounts for hundreds of businesses, according to researchers at Huntress. Rich Mozeleski, product manager for Huntress’ identity team, told CyberScoop the campaign is currently tied to a smaller actor and approximately a dozen IP addresses, but has managed…
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Attackers Hide Infostealer in Copyright Infringement Notices
A phishing campaign targeting healthcare, government, hospitality, and education sectors in various countries uses several evasion techniques to avoid detection.
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Copyright Lures Mask a Multi‑Stage PureLog Stealer Attack on Key Industries
We investigated a stealthy multi‑stage attack campaign that delivers PureLog Stealer entirely in memory using encrypted, fileless techniques.
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Interlock Ransomware Exploits Cisco FMC Zero-Day CVE-2026-20131 for Root Access
Amazon Threat Intelligence is warning of an active Interlock ransomware campaign that’s exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-20131 (CVSS score: 10.0), a case of insecure deserialization of user-supplied Java byte stream, which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to
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Amazon threat intelligence teams identify Interlock ransomware campaign targeting enterprise firewalls
Amazon threat intelligence has identified an active Interlock ransomware campaign exploiting CVE-2026-20131, a critical vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary Java code as root on an affected device, which was disclosed by Cisco on March 4, 2026. After Cisco’s disclosure, Amazon threat…
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New .NET AOT Malware Hides Code as a Black Box to Evade Detection
Researchers at Howler Cell have discovered a new .NET AOT malware campaign that uses a clever scoring system…
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GlassWorm malware hits 400+ code repos on GitHub, npm, VSCode, OpenVSX
The GlassWorm supply-chain campaign has returned with a new, coordinated attack that targeted hundreds of packages, repositories, and extensions on GitHub, npm, and VSCode/OpenVSX extensions. […]
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ClickFix Attack Targets Devs with MacSync Malware via Fake Claude Tools
Cybersecurity researchers at 7AI have revealed a new Claude Fraud campaign in which hackers use fake AI extensions and Google ads to steal data from tech professionals.
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New Vidar 2.0 Infostealer Spreads via Fake Game Cheats on GitHub, Reddit
The new infostealer campaign spreads Vidar 2.0 via fake game cheats on GitHub and Reddit, stealing crypto, login tokens, and files while targeting young gamers ignoring security warnings
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China-Nexus Hackers Skulk in Southeast Asian Military Orgs for Years
Researchers uncovered an extensive cyberespionage campaign that used novel backdoors and familiar evasion techniques to maintain persistent access to regional targets.
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GlassWorm Attack Uses Stolen GitHub Tokens to Force-Push Malware Into Python Repos
The GlassWorm malware campaign is being used to fuel an ongoing attack that leverages the stolen GitHub tokens to inject malware into hundreds of Python repositories. “The attack targets Python projects — including Django apps, ML research code, Streamlit dashboards, and PyPI packages — by appending obfuscated code to files like setup.py, main.py, and app.py,”…
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Attackers Abuse LiveChat to Phish Credit Card, Personal Data
A social engineering campaign impersonating PayPal and Amazon uses customer support interactions to acquire sensitive info.
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DRILLAPP Backdoor Targets Ukraine, Abuses Microsoft Edge Debugging for Stealth Espionage
Ukrainian entities have emerged as the target of a new campaign likely orchestrated by threat actors linked to Russia, according to a report from S2 Grupo’s LAB52 threat intelligence team. The campaign, observed in February 2026, has been assessed to share overlaps with a prior campaign mounted by Laundry Bear (aka UAC-0190 or Void Blizzard)…
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GlassWorm Supply-Chain Attack Abuses 72 Open VSX Extensions to Target Developers
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new iteration of the GlassWorm campaign that they say represents a “significant escalation” in how it propagates through the Open VSX registry. “Instead of requiring every malicious listing to embed the loader directly, the threat actor is now abusing extensionPack and extensionDependencies to turn initially standalone-looking extensions into transitive
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Storm-2561 Spreads Trojan VPN Clients via SEO Poisoning to Steal Credentials
Microsoft has disclosed details of a credential theft campaign that employs fake virtual private network (VPN) clients distributed through search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning techniques. “The campaign redirects users searching for legitimate enterprise software to malicious ZIP files on attacker-controlled websites to deploy digitally signed trojans that masquerade as trusted VPN clients
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Real-Time Banking Trojan Strikes Brazil’s Pix Users
The latest banking Trojan campaign to hit Brazil combines classic malware with a real-time human operator, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
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PhantomRaven returns to npm with 88 bad packages
Last year’s “PhantomRaven” supply-chain campaign is back, with security researchers uncovering 88 new malicious packages in what they describe as the second, third, and fourth waves of the operation. According to Endor Labs findings, the newly discovered packages were published between November 2025 and February 2026, with 81 of them still available on npm along…
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New PhantomRaven NPM attack wave steals dev data via 88 packages
New attack waves from the ‘PhantomRaven’ supply-chain campaign are hitting the npm registry, with dozens of malicious packages that exfiltrate sensitive data from JavaScript developers. […]
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Teams Social Engineering Campaign Drops A0Backdoor Malware
Microsoft Teams impersonation and social engineering tactics are being used in an ongoing campaign to deliver a stealthy malware payload known as A0Backdoor. Researchers at BlueVoyant report that the operation combines social engineering techniques, malicious installers, and covert command-and-control (C2) communications to gain persistent access within targeted networks. “The malware’s loader exhibits anti-sandbox evasion, and…
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FortiGate Devices Exploited to Breach Networks and Steal Service Account Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign where threat actors are abusing FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) appliances as entry points to breach victim networks. The activity involves the exploitation of recently disclosed security vulnerabilities or weak credentials to extract configuration files containing service account credentials and network topology
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HR, recruiters targeted in year-long malware campaign
An attack campaign targeting HR departments and job recruiters has been stealthily compromising systems, Aryaka researchers have discovered. By avoiding analysis environments and leveraging a specialized module designed to kill antivirus and endpoint detection software, the Russian-speaking attacker(s) behind this campaign have managed to keep their activity largely under the radar. “We currently lack telemetry…
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‘BlackSanta’ EDR Killer Targets HR Workflows
A campaign by Russian-speaking cyberattackers hijacks workflows to deliver security-busting malware, allowing attackers to steal data without detection.
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Through the Lens of MDR: Analysis of KongTuke’s ClickFix Abuse of Compromised WordPress Sites
Our analysis of an active KongTuke campaign deploying modeloRAT — malware capable of reconnaissance, command execution, and persistent access — through compromised WordPress sites and fake CAPTCHA lures shows that the group still operates this delivery chain in parallel with the newer CrashFix technique.
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‘InstallFix’ Attacks Spread Fake Claude Code Sites
A fresh cyberattack campaign blends malvertising with a ClickFix-style technique that highlights risky behavior with AI coding assistants and command-line interfaces.
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Threat Actor Exploits Flaws and Uses Elastic Cloud SIEM to Manage Stolen Data
Huntress researchers uncover campaign exploiting vulnerabilities to steal data using Elastic Cloud as a data hub
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New Social Security Scam Emails Use Fake Tax Documents to Hijack PCs
A new phishing campaign is targeting thousands in the US by posing as the Social Security Administration. Learn how scammers use fake 2025/2026 tax statements and Datto RMM software to hijack computers and steal data, as shared with Hackread.com
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Multi-Stage VOID#GEIST Malware Delivering XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a multi-stage malware campaign that uses batch scripts as a pathway to deliver various encrypted remote access trojan (RATs) payloads that correspond to XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT. The stealthy attack chain has been codenamed VOID#GEIST by Securonix Threat Research. At a high level, the obfuscated batch script is…
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Microsoft warns of ClickFix campaign exploiting Windows Terminal to deliver Lumma Stealer
Microsoft warns of ClickFix campaign using Windows Terminal to deliver Lumma Stealer via social engineering attacks. Microsoft revealed a new ClickFix campaign where attackers exploit Windows Terminal to run a complex attack chain, ultimately deploying Lumma Stealer malware. The campaign uses social engineering to trick users into executing malicious commands, highlighting growing risks to Windows…
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Iran-nexus APT Dust Specter targets Iraq officials with new malware
A campaign by Iran-linked group Dust Specter is targeting Iraqi officials with phishing emails delivering new malware families. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers linked the Iran-nexus group Dust Specter to a campaign targeting Iraqi government officials. Threat actors impersonated the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in phishing messages that delivered previously unseen malware, including SPLITDROP, TWINTASK, TWINTALK,…
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Microsoft Reveals ClickFix Campaign Using Windows Terminal to Deploy Lumma Stealer
Microsoft on Thursday disclosed details of a new widespread ClickFix social engineering campaign that has leveraged the Windows Terminal app as a way to activate a sophisticated attack chain and deploy the Lumma Stealer malware. The activity, observed in February 2026, makes use of the terminal emulator program instead of instructing users to launch the…
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Russian APT targets Ukraine with BadPaw and MeowMeow malware
Researchers uncovered a Russian campaign targeting Ukrainian entities with new malware families BadPaw and MeowMeow delivered through phishing emails. Researchers reported a phishing campaign linked to Russia that targets Ukrainian organizations using two new malware families, BadPaw and MeowMeow. The attack chain begins with a phishing email carrying a link to a ZIP archive. When…
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Dust Specter Targets Iraqi Officials with New SPLITDROP and GHOSTFORM Malware
A suspected Iran-nexus threat actor has been attributed to a campaign targeting government officials in Iraq by impersonating the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver a set of never-before-seen malware. Zscaler ThreatLabz, which observed the activity in January 2026, is tracking the cluster under the name Dust Specter. The attacks, which manifest in the…
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APT28-Linked Campaign Deploys BadPaw Loader and MeowMeow Backdoor in Ukraine
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Russian cyber campaign that has targeted Ukrainian entities with two previously undocumented malware families named BadPaw and MeowMeow. “The attack chain initiates with a phishing email containing a link to a ZIP archive. Once extracted, an initial HTA file displays a lure document written in Ukrainian concerning…
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New BoryptGrab Stealer Targets Windows Users via Deceptive GitHub Pages
The BoryptGrab campaign uses fake SEO‑optimized GitHub repositories and deceptive download pages to distribute a data‑stealing malware family that delivers multiple payloads, including a reverse SSH backdoor, to Windows users.
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Fake Zoom, Teams Meeting Invites Use Compromised Certificates to Drop Malware
A new phishing campaign is using stolen certificates from TrustConnect Software PTY LTD to sign malware. By impersonating updates for Zoom and Microsoft Teams, hackers install RMM tools to gain persistent, privileged access to networks
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Fake LastPass support email threads try to steal vault passwords
Password management software provider LastPass is warning users of a phishing campaign targeting its users with fake unauthorized account access alerts. […]
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LastPass warns of spoofed alerts aimed at stealing master passwords
LastPass warns of a phishing campaign using fake security alerts about unauthorized access or password changes to steal users’ master passwords. LastPass has warned users about a new phishing campaign using fake security alerts that claim unauthorized access or master password changes. The emails, which spoof LastPass’s display name, attempt to trick recipients into revealing…
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Multi-Stage “BadPaw” Malware Campaign Targets Ukraine
Malware campaign uses Ukrainian email service for credibility, deploying “BadPaw” to execute attacks
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Fake Tech Support Spam Deploys Customized Havoc C2 Across Organizations
Threat hunters have called attention to a new campaign as part of which bad actors masqueraded as fake IT support to deliver the Havoc command-and-control (C2) framework as a precursor to data exfiltration or ransomware attack. The intrusions, identified by Huntress last month across five partner organizations, involved the threat actors using email spam as…
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Israel: RedAlert Spyware Campaign Exploits Wartime Panic With Trojanized App
Espionage campaign exploits Israel-Iran conflict, distributing a trojanized Red Alert app via SMS
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Threat actors weaponize OAuth redirection logic to deliver malware
An ongoing phishing campaign is abusing the OAuth authentication redirection mechanism to avoid triggering conventional email and browser defenses, Microsoft researchers have revealed. The attackers are targeting government and public-sector organizations, and redirecting unsuspecting users from trusted login pages to their own infrastructure, to serve malware or capture login credentials. The attack, from the victim’s…
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Open-Source CyberStrikeAI Deployed in AI-Driven FortiGate Attacks Across 55 Countries
The threat actor behind the recently disclosed artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted campaign targeting Fortinet FortiGate appliances leveraged an open-source, AI-native security testing platform called CyberStrikeAI to execute the attacks. The new findings come from Team Cymru, which detected its use following an analysis of the IP address (“212.11.64[.]250”) that was used by the suspected
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Fake Google Security site uses PWA app to steal credentials, MFA codes
A phishing campaign is using a fake Google Account security page to deliver a web-based app capable of stealing one-time passcodes, harvesting cryptocurrency wallet addresses, and proxying attacker traffic through victims’ browsers. […]
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North Korean Hackers Publish 26 npm Packages Hiding Pastebin C2 for Cross-Platform RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new iteration of the ongoing Contagious Interview campaign, where the North Korean threat actors have published a set of 26 malicious packages to the npm registry. The packages masquerade as developer tools, but contain functionality to extract the actual command-and-control (C2) by using seemingly harmless Pastebin content as a dead…
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UAT-10027 campaign hits U.S. education and healthcare with stealthy Dohdoor backdoor
UAT-10027 campaign is targeting U.S. education and healthcare sectors to deploy a new Dohdoor backdoor. Cisco Talos has identified a new threat cluster, tracked as UAT-10027, targeting U.S. education and healthcare organizations since at least December 2025 to deploy a previously unseen backdoor named Dohdoor. Initial access likely occurs through phishing, triggering a PowerShell script…
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UAT-10027 Targets U.S. Education and Healthcare with Dohdoor Backdoor
A previously undocumented threat activity cluster has been attributed to an ongoing malicious campaign targeting education and healthcare sectors in the U.S. since at least December 2025. The campaign is being tracked by Cisco Talos under the moniker UAT-10027. The end goal of the attacks is to deliver a never-before-seen backdoor codenamed Dohdoor. “Dohdoor utilizes…
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Microsoft Warns Developers of Fake Next.js Job Repos Delivering In-Memory Malware
A “coordinated developer-targeting campaign” is using malicious repositories disguised as legitimate Next.js projects and technical assessments to trick victims into executing them and establish persistent access to compromised machines. “The activity aligns with a broader cluster of threats that use job-themed lures to blend into routine developer workflows and increase the likelihood of code
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Fake Next.js job interview tests backdoor developer’s devices
The Microsoft Defender team has discovered a coordinated campaign targeting software developers through malicious repositories posing as legitimate Next.js projects and technical assessment materials, including recruiting coding tests. […]