Fake AI guides hide a multi-stage chain that drops AsyncRAT, with signs of AI-assisted coding
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North Korea’s Lazarus Group uses new RemotePE malware against financial targets
RemotePE is deployed through a multi-stage attack chain involving two loaders, DPAPILoader and RemotePELoader.
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Belarus-linked Ghostwriter group targets Ukraine using Prometheus learning platform lures
Ghostwriter, also known as UAC-0057 and UNC1151, employs a multi-stage attack.
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Risk Management
AI cyberattackers are getting better faster
The ability of AI models to perform end-to-end, multi-stage penetration tests that match the capabilities of humans undertaking the same tasks has improved dramatically in recent months, according to new benchmarks published by the UK government’s AI Security Institute (AISI). In November 2025, the difficulty of cyber tasks the best models could complete was doubling…
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Inside a Modern Fraud Attack: From Bot Signups to Account Takeovers
Multi-stage fraud attacks chain bots, proxies, and stolen credentials from signup to takeover. IPQS shows why correlating IP, device, identity, and behavior is critical to stop it. […]
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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
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, malware
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…