Tag: malicious
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Critical Cisco SD-WAN bug exploited in zero-day attacks since 2023
Cisco is warning that a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, tracked as CVE-2026-20127, was actively exploited in zero-day attacks that allowed remote attackers to compromise controllers and add malicious rogue peers to targeted networks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-cisco-sd-wan-bug-exploited-in-zero-day-attacks-since-2023/
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Chinese cyberspies breached dozens of telecom firms, govt agencies
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), Mandiant, and partners disrupted a global espionage campaign attributed to a suspected Chinese threat actor that used SaaS API calls to hide malicious traffic in attacks targeting telecom and government networks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-cyberspies-breached-dozens-of-telecom-firms-govt-agencies/
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Malicious Next.js Repos Target Developers Via Fake Job Interviews
Linked to North Korean fake job-recruitment campaigns, the poisoned repositories are aimed at establishing persistent access to infected machines. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/malicious-nextjs-repos-developers-fake-job-interviews
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Caught in the Hook: RCE and API Token Exfiltration Through Claude Code Project Files 2025-59536 2026-21852
y Aviv Donenfeld and Oded Vanunu Executive Summary Check Point Research has discovered critical vulnerabilities in Anthropic’s Claude Code that allow attackers to achieve remote code execution and steal API credentials through malicious project configurations. The vulnerabilities exploit various configuration mechanisms including Hooks, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and environment variables -executing arbitrary shell commands…
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Malicious NuGet Package Targets Stripe Developers
Tags: maliciousMalicious NuGet package mimicking Stripe’s library targeted developers First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/malicious-nuget-package-stripe-devs/
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Caught in the Hook: RCE and API Token Exfiltration Through Claude Code Project Files 2025-59536 –
y Aviv Donenfeld and Oded Vanunu Executive Summary Check Point Research has discovered critical vulnerabilities in Anthropic’s Claude Code that allow attackers to achieve remote code execution and steal API credentials through malicious project configurations. The vulnerabilities exploit various configuration mechanisms including Hooks, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and environment variables -executing arbitrary shell commands…
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Malicious NuGet Packages Stole ASP.NET Data; npm Package Dropped Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered four malicious NuGet packages that are designed to target ASP.NET web application developers to steal sensitive data.The campaign, discovered by Socket, exfiltrates ASP.NET Identity data, including user accounts, role assignments, and permission mappings, as well as manipulates authorization rules to create persistent backdoors in victim applications. First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Hackers Exploit Cortex XDR Live Terminal for C2 Communications
Hackers can repurpose the Cortex XDR Live Terminal feature as a stealthy, EDR”‘trusted command”‘and”‘control (C2) channel, effectively turning a built”‘in response tool into a “living off the land” backdoor on protected endpoints. This abuse leverages the agent’s trusted communications and flexible remote”‘execution capabilities to blend malicious operations into normal Cortex XDR traffic. Cortex XDR Live…
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Threat Actors Exploit Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability to Gain RDP Access, Deploy LockBit Ransomware
Threat actors recently abused a critical Apache ActiveMQ vulnerability to gain deep access to a Windows environment, eventually deploying LockBit ransomware over RDP. The attack shows how failing to patch CVE-2023-46604 can give adversaries repeat access and time to turn an initial foothold into full-domain impact. The exploit loaded a malicious Java Spring bean configuration XML file,…
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Microsoft Alerts Developers of Malicious Next.js Repositories Used in Ongoing Hacker Attacks
Microsoft has warned that threat actors are weaponizing malicious Next.js repositories to compromise developers through what appear to be legitimate projects and recruiting”‘style technical assessments. The campaign abuses normal workflows in Visual Studio Code and Node.js to reach a staged command”‘and”‘control (C2) backdoor without relying on traditional malware installers. Attackers publish repositories that appear to…
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Google Antigravity falls to Earth under OpenClaw-fueled compute load
Company tries to curb strain by banning customer accounts for ‘malicious’ usage First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/02/23/google_antigravity_compute_burden/
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Shai-Hulud-style NPM worm hits CI pipelines and AI coding tools
Poisoning the AI developer interface: The campaign was specifically flagged for its direct targeting of AI coding assistants. The malware deploys a malicious Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and injects it into configurations of popular AI tools, embedding itself as a trusted component in the assistant’s environment.Once this is achieved, prompt-injection techniques can trick the…
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Malicious NuGet Packages Target ASP.NET Developers to Steal Login Credentials
Malicious NuGet packages posing as legitimate developer utilities are targeting ASP.NET projects to steal identity credentials and silently backdoor applications through a localhost proxy. All four were published between August 1221, 2024, by a NuGet user named “hamzazaheer” and have collectively amassed a little over 4,500 downloads before takedown requests were submitted. The campaign’s core…
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Hackers Use Steganographic Images to Bypass Anti-Malware and Deploy Malware
Hackers are abusing steganography in PNG images to smuggle a Pulsar Remote Access Trojan (RAT) into Windows systems through a malicious NPM package named buildrunner”‘dev. The attack starts with a typosquatted NPM package, buildrunner”‘dev, which impersonates the abandoned “buildrunner”/”build-runner” tools to catch developers who mistype or assume it is a maintained fork. Its package.json looks harmless but defines a postinstall hook…
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The Growing Risk of Malicious Apps in a Mobile-First Workplace
Malicious and risky mobile apps are exposing enterprise data. Learn why mobile-first workplaces need behavior-based app security visibility. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/the-growing-risk-of-malicious-apps-in-a-mobile-first-workplace/
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The rise of the evasive adversary
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, china, cloud, credentials, crime, crowdstrike, crypto, data, defense, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, group, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, korea, lazarus, leak, mail, malicious, malware, microsoft, monitoring, network, north-korea, open-source, phishing, ransomware, remote-code-execution, russia, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, theft, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayBig game hunters tighten their grip: CrowdStrike’s research highlights how big game hunting (BGH) ransomware actors have remained the dominant force in the eCrime landscape.Punk Spider, a group responsible for developing and maintaining Russian-language Akira ransomware, and its associated Akira dedicated leak site, conducted 198 intrusions in 2025, a 134% increase year over year. Victim-shaming operations…
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Russian group uses AI to exploit weakly-protected Fortinet firewalls, says Amazon
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, business, ciso, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data-breach, detection, exploit, firewall, fortinet, group, Internet, linkedin, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, password, russia, software, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerabilityRecommendations: The Amazon report makes a number of recommendations to network admins with FortiGate devices. They include ensuring device management interfaces aren’t exposed to the internet, or, if they have to be, restricting access to known IP ranges and using a bastion host or out-of-band management network. As basic cybersecurity demands, all default and common…
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Shai-Hulud-Like Worm Targets Developers via npm and AI Tools
Supply chain worm mimicking Shai-Hulud malware spread via malicious npm packages, targeting AI tools has been identified by security researchers First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/shai-hulud-like-worm-devs-npm-ai/
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GrayCharlie Hacks WordPress Sites, Spreads NetSupport RAT and Stealc Malware
GrayCharlie is abusing compromised WordPress sites to silently load malicious JavaScript that pushes NetSupport RAT, often followed by Stealc and SectopRAT, via fake browser updates and ClickFix lures. Insikt Group tracks GrayCharlie as a financially motivated threat actor overlapping with SmartApeSG, active since mid”‘2023, and specializing in turning legitimate WordPress sites into malware-delivery points. The…
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Hackers Use Excel Exploit to Hide XWorm 7.2 in JPEG Files, Hijack PCs
A new phishing campaign is spreading XWorm 7.2 via malicious Excel files, hiding the malware in Windows processes, and using AES encryption to steal passwords and Wi-Fi keys. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/hackers-excel-exploit-xworm-7-2-jpeg-files-hijack-pcs/
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Protecting AI Security: 2025 Hot Security Incident
GitHub MCP Cross-Repository Data Leak Vulnerability In May 2025, Invariant disclosed a critical vulnerability in GitHub’s Machine Collaboration Protocol (MCP), where attackers embedded malicious commands within public repository Issues to hijack developers’ locally running AI Agents. When an AI Agent was triggered to read and “assist” in processing the Issue, it indiscriminately executed the embedded…The…
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Malicious npm Packages Harvest Crypto Keys, CI Secrets, and API Tokens
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed what they say is an active “Shai-Hulud-like” supply chain worm campaign that has leveraged a cluster of at least 19 malicious npm packages to enable credential harvesting and cryptocurrency key theft.The campaign has been codenamed SANDWORM_MODE by supply chain security company Socket. As with prior Shai-Hulud attack waves, the malicious code…
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North Korean Hackers Exploit Fake IT Worker Schemes and Malicious Interview Lures
North Korean state-backed hackers are running large-scale fake IT worker and “Contagious Interview” campaigns that abuse developer hiring workflows to deliver JavaScript-based malware, steal code and credentials, and covertly generate revenue for the regime. Since at least 2022, North Korean threat actors have impersonated recruiters and hiring managers, luring software developers into executing booby-trapped code…
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Jenkins Vulnerabilities Exposes Build Environments to XSS Attacks
A popular open-source automation server used by developers worldwide to build, test, and deploy software faces serious security risks from recent flaws. On February 18, 2026, two vulnerabilities were detailed in the core Jenkins software. The most significant issue is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into…
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New ClickFix Attack Targets Crypto Wallets and 25+ Browsers with Infostealer
Researchers at CyberProof have identified a new fake captcha campaign linked to the ClickFix operation. This stealthy infostealer targets over 25 browsers, cryptocurrency wallets like MetaMask, and gaming accounts by tricking users into executing malicious PowerShell commands. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/clickfix-attack-crypto-wallets-browsers-infostealer/
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Critical Security Issue Found in Windows Notepad
Microsoft patches CVE-2026-20841, a high-severity Windows Notepad flaw that could allow code execution via malicious Markdown files. The post Microsoft: Critical Security Issue Found in Windows Notepad appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/critical-windows-notepad-flaw-february-2026/