Tag: malicious
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JavaScript Malware Campaign Drops Crypto Clipper via PowerShell
A large-scale CountLoader campaign that uses layered obfuscation, multi-stage payload delivery, and covert command-and-control (C2) communication to deploy cryptocurrency clipper malware. The campaign stands out for its complex infection chain, combining JavaScript, PowerShell, and in-memory shellcode execution to evade detection and maintain persistence across infected systems. The attack begins with a malicious executable that launches…
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Popular GitHub Action Tags Redirected to Imposter Commit to Steal CI/CD Credentials
In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have compromised the popular GitHub Actions workflow, actions-cool/issues-helper, to run malicious code that harvests sensitive credentials and exfiltrates them to an attacker-controlled server.”Every existing tag in the repository has been moved to point to an imposter commit that does not appear in the action’s normal commit…
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Compromised Nx Console VS Code Extension Steals Developer and Cloud Secrets
Nx Console’s popular VS Code extension was briefly weaponized into a credential-stealing tool that can leak developer and cloud secrets and plant a persistent backdoor. Anyone who installed v18.95.0 should treat their environment as fully compromised. On May 18, 2026, a malicious build of the Nx Console VS Code extension, nrwl.angular-console v18.95.0 was published to the Visual…
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GitHub Actions Supply Chain Attack Redirects Tags to Steal CI/CD Credentials
In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have compromised the popular GitHub Actions workflow, actions-cool/issues-helper, to run malicious code that harvests sensitive credentials and exfiltrates them to an attacker-controlled server.”Every existing tag in the repository has been moved to point to an imposter commit that does not appear in the action’s normal commit…
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Mini Shai-Hulud Pushes Malicious AntV npm Packages via Compromised Maintainer Account
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fresh software supply chain attack campaign that has compromised various npm packages associated with the @antv ecosystem as part of the ongoing Mini Shai-Hulud attack wave.”The attack affects packages tied to the npm maintainer account atool, including echarts-for-react, a widely used React wrapper for Apache ECharts with roughly 1.1 million…
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Are Attackers Hiding Inside Your Network Traffic?
Spur Intelligence found attackers increasingly using VPNs and residential proxies to hide malicious activity in legitimate traffic. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/are-attackers-hiding-inside-your-network-traffic/
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INTERPOL Operation Ramz Disrupts MENA Cybercrime Networks with 201 Arrests
INTERPOL has coordinated a first-of-its-kind cybercrime crackdown across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) that led to 201 arrests and the identification of an additional 382 suspects.The initiative involved the efforts of 13 countries from the region between October 2025 and February 2026, aiming to investigate and neutralize malicious infrastructure, arrest perpetrators behind these…
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Developer Workstations Are Now Part of the Software Supply Chain
Supply chain attackers are not only trying to slip malicious code into trusted software. They are trying to steal the access that makes trusted software possible. Recently, three separate campaigns hit npm, PyPI, and Docker Hub in a 48-hour window, and all three targeted secrets from developer environments and CI/CD pipelines, including API keys, cloud…
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Four Malicious npm Packages Deliver Infostealers and Phantom Bot DDoS Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered four new npm packages containing information-stealing malware, one of which is a clone of the Shai-Hulud worm open-sourced by TeamPCP.The list of identified packages is below -chalk-tempalte (825 Downloads)@deadcode09284814/axios-util (284 Downloads)axois-utils (963 Downloads)color-style-utils (934 Downloads)”One of the packages (chalk-tempalte) First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2026/05/four-malicious-npm-packages-deliver.html
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Critical Marimo RCE Flaw Could Let Attackers Execute Malicious Code Remotely
A newly disclosed critical vulnerability in the Marimo Python notebook framework is raising serious alarms across the cybersecurity community, as it allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely, without authentication. Tracked as CVE-2026-39987, the flaw exposes a WebSocket endpoint that can be abused to spawn a system-level shell, potentially leading to full infrastructure compromise. Marimo RCE…
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Experts warn of active exploitation of critical NGINX flaw CVE-2026-42945
A critical NGINX flaw (CVE-2026-42945) is actively exploited, allowing crashes or possible code execution via malicious HTTP requests. A critical vulnerability in NGINX Plus and NGINX Open, tracked as CVE-2026-42945 (CVSS v4 score of 9.2), is already being actively exploited shortly after disclosure. >>We’re seeing active exploitation of CVE-2026-42945 in F5 NGINX, a heap buffer…
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The AI backdoor your security stack is not built to see
Enterprises deploying LLMs have spent the past two years building defenses around a reasonable assumption: malicious behavior leaves a trace in the input. Scan for suspicious … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/18/metabackdoor-llm-backdoor-attack/
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The AI backdoor your security stack is not built to see
Enterprises deploying LLMs have spent the past two years building defenses around a reasonable assumption: malicious behavior leaves a trace in the input. Scan for suspicious … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/18/metabackdoor-llm-backdoor-attack/
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Malicious npm Packages Steal SSH Keys, Cloud Credentials, and Crypto Wallets
A new supply chain attack campaign targeting developers has surfaced in the npm ecosystem, with four malicious packages discovered stealing sensitive data, including SSH keys, cloud credentials, and cryptocurrency wallets. The campaign, identified by OX Security within the past 24 hours, highlights the growing risk posed by typosquatting attacks and reused open-source malware. The malicious…
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Attackers exploit Funnel Builder bug to inject e-skimmers into e-stores
Attackers are exploiting a critical flaw in the WordPress Funnel Builder plugin to inject skimming code into WooCommerce checkout pages. A critical vulnerability in the WordPress Funnel Builder plugin is being actively exploited to inject malicious JavaScript into WooCommerce checkout pages, according to Sansec researchers. Funnel Builder by FunnelKit is a checkout and upsell plugin…
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Funnel Builder Flaw Under Active Exploitation Enables WooCommerce Checkout Skimming
A critical security vulnerability impacting the Funnel Builder plugin for WordPress has come under active exploitation in the wild to inject malicious JavaScript code into WooCommerce checkout pages with the goal of stealing payment data. Details of the activity were published by Sansec this week. The vulnerability currently does not have an official CVE identifier.…
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OpenAI hit by supply chain attack linked to malicious TanStack packages
OpenAI said the TanStack supply chain attack compromised two employee devices and exposed credentials from code repositories. OpenAI confirmed that the recent TanStack supply chain attack compromised two employee devices and exposed credential material stored in internal source code repositories. The incident began after the TeamPCP hacking group abused weaknesses in the package publishing process…
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Expired domain leads to supply chain attack on node-ipc npm package
require(‘node-ipc’). The trojanized versions were designed to remain fully functional to avoid immediate detection, which together with other decisions attackers took, such as data exfiltration via DNS TXT, suggest stealthiness was a top priority.Once executed, the malicious code collects information about the host system, including operating system version, hostname, and environment variables. It then starts…
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Exchange Server zero-day vulnerability can be triggered by opening a malicious email
Tags: automation, data, email, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, risk, service, tactics, update, vulnerability, zero-dayKnown issues with mitigation tactics: However, admins should note there are known issues once the mitigation is applied either manually or automatically through the EM Service.OWA Print Calendar functionality might not work. As a workaround, copy the data or screenshot the calendar you want to print, or use Outlook Desktop client. Inline images might not…
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Funnel Builder WordPress plugin bug exploited to steal credit cards
A critical vulnerability in the Funnel Builder plugin for WordPress is being actively exploited to inject malicious JavaScript snippets into WooCommerce checkout pages. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/funnel-builder-wordpress-plugin-bug-exploited-to-steal-credit-cards/
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7AI Uncovers Browser Extension Campaign Evading EDR Defenses
7AI uncovered a browser-extension campaign that bypassed EDR defenses to inject malicious JavaScript into authenticated browser sessions. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/7ai-uncovers-browser-extension-campaign-evading-edr-defenses/
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Cisco warns of an actively exploited SD-WAN flaw with max severity
Tags: access, advisory, cisco, cloud, control, cve, cvss, cybersecurity, data-breach, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, malicious, mitigation, network, service, software, update, vulnerabilityroot user account,” Cisco said. “Using this account, the attacker could access NETCONF, which would then allow the attacker to manipulate network configuration for the SD-WAN fabric.”The issue, tracked as CVE-2026-20182, received a max-severity rating of CVSS 10.0. The company said that the issue is configuration-independent, meaning vulnerable systems remain exposed regardless of deployment-specific settings.Cisco…
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EU’s Cyber Resiliency Act will put IT leaders to the test
Tags: access, attack, cio, cyber, cybersecurity, data, encryption, exploit, firewall, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, kubernetes, law, malicious, mitigation, open-source, password, programming, regulation, risk, risk-assessment, router, sbom, software, supply-chain, tool, update, vpn, vulnerabilityProduct safety: The CRA says digital products have to be secure by design and default, and can’t ship with known vulnerabilities like obvious default passwords that can be exploited. They also must be updatable if such vulnerabilities are found later, as well as minimize their impact by limiting the attack surface and protecting confidentiality and…
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EU’s Cyber Resiliency Act will put IT leaders to the test
Tags: access, attack, cio, cyber, cybersecurity, data, encryption, exploit, firewall, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, kubernetes, law, malicious, mitigation, open-source, password, programming, regulation, risk, risk-assessment, router, sbom, software, supply-chain, tool, update, vpn, vulnerabilityProduct safety: The CRA says digital products have to be secure by design and default, and can’t ship with known vulnerabilities like obvious default passwords that can be exploited. They also must be updatable if such vulnerabilities are found later, as well as minimize their impact by limiting the attack surface and protecting confidentiality and…
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TeamPCP Hackers Exploit CI/CD Pipelines to Steal Cloud Credentials
A financially motivated threat group known as TeamPCP is aggressively targeting modern software supply chains, abusing trusted CI/CD pipelines to steal sensitive developer and cloud credentials at scale. TeamPCP’s core strategy is simple but highly effective: compromise trusted build and release workflows instead of end-user systems. By injecting malicious code into CI/CD pipelines, attackers leverage…
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Malicious node-ipc npm Packages Trigger New Supply Chain Security Alarm
A fresh supply chain attack targeting the widely used node-ipc npm package has raised new concerns across the JavaScript ecosystem after researchers uncovered multiple malicious releases containing an obfuscated credential stealer and backdoor functionality. Security analysts confirmed that several recently published package tarballs were infected with malware capable of harvesting sensitive data from developer systems and CI environments. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article:…
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Popular node-ipc npm Library Hit by Supply Chain Attack, Impacting 822K Weekly Downloads
A widely used npm package with more than 822,000 weekly downloads has once again become the center of a serious supply chain attack, raising fresh concerns across the JavaScript ecosystem. Security researchers at Socket have uncovered multiple malicious versions of the popular node-ipc library containing stealthy credential-stealing malware and backdoor capabilities. The affected versions, node-ipc@9.1.6,…
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Stealer Backdoor Found in 3 Node-IPC Versions Targeting Developer Secrets
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about what has been described as “malicious activity” in newly published versions of node-ipc.According to Socket and StepSecurity, three different versions of the npm package have been confirmed as malicious -node-ipc@9.1.6node-ipc@9.2.3node-ipc@12.0.1“Early analysis indicates that node-ipc@9.1.6, node-ipc@9.2.3, and node-ipc@12.0.1 First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2026/05/stealer-backdoor-found-in-3-node-ipc.html