Tag: malicious
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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…
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Russian APT28 Hackers Hijack Routers to Steal Credentials, UK Security Agency Warns
Newly identified malicious campaigns are linked to virtual private servers modified by APT28 to operate as malicious DNS servers First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/russia-apt28-hijack-routers-uk-ncsc/
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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 First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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What we learned about TEE security from auditing WhatsApp’s Private Inference
WhatsApp’s new “Private Inference” feature represents one of the most ambitious attempts to combine end-to-end encryption with AI-powered capabilities, such as message summarization. To make this possible, Meta built a system that processes encrypted user messages inside trusted execution environments (TEEs), secure hardware enclaves designed so that not even Meta can access the plaintext. Our…
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Tor-Backed ClickFix Campaign Drops Node.js RAT on Windows
Hackers are using a deceptive technique known as “ClickFix” to deliver a sophisticated Node. js-based remote access Trojan (RAT) targeting Windows users. ClickFix, which gained popularity in early 2025, tricks users into interacting with fake CAPTCHA or verification prompts. In this latest campaign, attackers lure victims into executing malicious commands that silently install malware disguised…
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Attackers Exploit Flowise Injection Vulnerability as 15,000+ Instances Remain Exposed
Tags: ai, control, cve, cvss, cyber, data-breach, exploit, flaw, injection, malicious, open-source, vulnerabilityA critical security flaw in Flowise, a popular open-source AI development platform, is currently being exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2025-59528, this code injection vulnerability carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0. It allows remote attackers to execute malicious code and take complete control of affected servers. Security researchers warn that up to 15,000…
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CVE-2026-35616: Fortinet FortiClientEMS improper access control vulnerability exploited in the wild
Exploitation has been observed for CVE-2026-35616, a critical improper access control zero-day vulnerability affecting Fortinet FortiClientEMS devices. Key takeaways: CVE-2026-35616, an improper access control vulnerability, has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day. Public exploit code has been identified and Fortinet products have a long history of targeting by malicious actors. Hotfixes have been…
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North Korea’s hijack of one of the web’s most used open source projects was likely weeks in the making
North Korean hackers pushed out malicious updates to a popular open source project by hacking a top developer’s computer in a long-running campaign. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/06/north-koreas-hijack-of-one-of-the-webs-most-used-open-source-projects-was-likely-weeks-in-the-making/
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Trojanized PyPI AI Proxy Steals Claude Prompt, Exfiltrates Data
A malicious PyPI package, hermes-px, that masquerades as a “Secure AI Inference Proxy” while secretly stealing user prompts and abusing a private university AI service. Marketed as an OpenAI-compatible, Tor-routed proxy requiring no API keys, the package actually hijacks a Tunisian university’s internal AI endpoint, injects a stolen Anthropic Claude system prompt, and exfiltrates every…
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Fake GitHub CI Update Steals Secrets and Tokens
An automated campaign abusing GitHub’s pull_request_target workflow trigger to steal CI/CD secrets at scale. The attacker, using the handle ezmtebo, fired off more than 475 malicious pull requests (PRs) in just 26 hours, impersonating routine CI configuration updates to trick maintainers. The campaign hinges on a risky but still common misconfiguration: using pull_request_target while checking out untrusted code from forks.…
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Fake GitHub CI Update Steals Secrets and Tokens
An automated campaign abusing GitHub’s pull_request_target workflow trigger to steal CI/CD secrets at scale. The attacker, using the handle ezmtebo, fired off more than 475 malicious pull requests (PRs) in just 26 hours, impersonating routine CI configuration updates to trick maintainers. The campaign hinges on a risky but still common misconfiguration: using pull_request_target while checking out untrusted code from forks.…
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Qilin and Warlock Ransomware Use Vulnerable Drivers to Disable 300+ EDR Tools
Threat actors associated with Qilin and Warlock ransomware operations have been observed using the bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) technique to silence security tools running on compromised hosts, according to findings from Cisco Talos and Trend Micro.Qilin attacks analyzed by Talos have been found to deploy a malicious DLL named “msimg32.dll,” First seen on…
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6 ways attackers abuse AI services to hack your business
Tags: ai, api, attack, backdoor, breach, business, ceo, china, control, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, email, espionage, exploit, framework, group, hacking, injection, leak, LLM, malicious, malware, marketplace, microsoft, monitoring, open-source, openai, service, skills, software, startup, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerabilityAbusing AI platforms as covert C2 channels: Cybercriminals are also abusing AI platforms as covert command-and-control (C2) channels by turning AI services into proxies that hide malicious traffic inside the flow of legitimate content.Instead of running a dedicated C2 server, malware is programmed to fetch commands and exfiltrate data through AI services, circumventing traditional security…
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Poisoned Axios Package Spreads Cross-Platform Malware via Phantom Dependency
Hackers hijacked the npm account of Axios’s lead maintainer. They used it to push two malicious releases that silently installed a cross”‘platform remote access trojan (RAT) on macOS, Windows, and Linux systems. Axios is one of the JavaScript ecosystem’s most widely used HTTP clients, with over 100 million weekly downloads on npm, making it deeply…
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Residential proxies make a mockery of IP-based defenses
Attack traffic moved through ordinary home and mobile connections in ways that limited the usefulness of IP reputation on its own. GreyNoise observed 4 billion malicious … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/06/residential-proxy-attack-traffic-ip-reputation-enterprise-security/
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36 Malicious Strapi npm Packages Deliver Redis RCE, Persistent C2 Malware
Tags: attack, control, credentials, cyber, malicious, malware, rce, remote-code-execution, spam, supply-chainA coordinated supply chain attack has been uncovered involving 36 malicious npm packages masquerading as Strapi CMS plugins, delivering a range of payloads including Redis remote code execution (RCE), credential harvesting, and persistent command-and-control (C2) malware. The campaign was carried out using four sock-puppet npm accounts umarbek1233, kekylf12, tikeqemif26, and umar_bektembiev1. Unlike typical npm spam…
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Google DeepMind Flags New Threat as Malicious Web Content Puts AI Agents at Risk
Tags: ai, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, google, intelligence, malicious, risk, threat, vulnerabilityAs artificial intelligence evolves from simple chatbots to autonomous agents that actively browse the web, a new cybersecurity threat has emerged. Researchers at Google DeepMind have identified a critical vulnerability they call >>AI Agent Traps.<< These are adversarial web pages and digital environments specifically crafted to manipulate, deceive, or exploit visiting AI agents. AI agents…
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Hackers Spread Vidar and GhostSocks Malware Through Claude Code Leak
What happened Hackers are weaponizing the leaked Claude Code source to spread Vidar and GhostSocks malware through malicious repositories that impersonate the exposed codebase. The campaign followed Anthropic’s March 31 packaging error, which exposed the source code for Claude Code in a public npm package through a JavaScript source map file containing more than half…The…
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Image or Malware? Read until the end and answer in comments 🙂
A malicious email delivered a .cmd malware that escalates privileges, bypasses antivirus, downloads payloads, sets persistence, and self-deletes. I received this email from a friend to make an analysis. First, let me express my thanks to Janô Falkowski Burkard for this amazing contribution. A little context, He received an email that was really strange and…
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36 Malicious npm Packages Exploited Redis, PostgreSQL to Deploy Persistent Implants
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 36 malicious packages in the npm registry that are disguised as Strapi CMS plugins but come with different payloads to facilitate Redis and PostgreSQL exploitation, deploy reverse shells, harvest credentials, and drop a persistent implant.”Every package contains three files (package.json, index.js, postinstall.js), has no description, repository, First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Sample Malware Phone Back CC (Command and Control) MD5s From Domains Belonging to XSS Forum Users A Compilation
Dear blog readers, In my most recent analysis I decided to take a deeper look inside some of the domains which belong to members of the XSS forum are known to have been used as malicious software phone back C&C (command and control) domains. Here’s the compilation: 206.su 740d9cd8ea165302aa3cd7e6f198ea4c 23fefvdfmbhty5ouihksdfs.com c2a10312a002ad7de56237d9a419f2f8 adwords-limon.biz 7e2c95f6297d372820df8bea6ec10c42 astfv43kol.com c5d8a48579e8bc4a2ff1ac229d7da4bb…
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Top 10 Best Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solutions 2026
In the dynamic and increasingly complex cybersecurity landscape of 2026, privileged accounts remain the most coveted targets for cybercriminals and malicious insiders alike. From system administrators and database managers to automated scripts and applications, these >>digital crown jewels<< hold the keys to an organization's most sensitive data and critical infrastructure. A single compromised privileged credential…
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Supply Chain Attacks Surge in March 2026
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, awareness, cloud, container, control, corporate, credentials, crypto, data-breach, github, group, hacking, identity, infrastructure, Internet, kubernetes, least-privilege, linux, LLM, macOS, malicious, malware, mfa, network, north-korea, open-source, openai, phishing, pypi, software, startup, supply-chain, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, windowsIntroductionThere was a significant increase in software supply chain attacks in March 2026. There were five major software supply-chain attacks that occurred including the Axios NPM package compromise, which has been attributed to a North Korean threat actor. In addition, a hacking group known as TeamPCP was able to compromise Trivy (a vulnerability scanner), KICS…
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Cisco fixes critical IMC auth bypass present in many products
Tags: access, ai, api, apt, attack, authentication, cisco, computing, credentials, cybersecurity, dns, email, exploit, firewall, firmware, flaw, group, infrastructure, linux, malicious, monitoring, network, password, ransomware, risk, router, vulnerability, zero-day[ Related: More Cisco news and insights ] The Cisco IMC is a baseboard management controller (BMC), a dedicated controller embedded into server motherboards with its own RAM and network interface that gives administrators monitoring and management capabilities as if they were physically connected to the server with a keyboard, monitor, and mouse (KVM). Because BMCs run…
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5 critical steps to achieve business resilience in cybersecurity
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, backup, breach, business, communications, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, endpoint, identity, malicious, mfa, msp, password, ransomware, resilience, soc, threat, tool, updateLooking for end-to-end coverage of your environment? Check out N-able Unified Security Solutions. 2. Transition from manual to automated response : SOC teams can’t keep up with the flood of alerts”, N-able handled 2 alerts per minute on average in 2025. That’s why automation and Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) saw a 500% YoY surge”, almost one in four responses are now…
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Do not get high(jacked) off your own supply (chain)
In the span of just a few weeks, we have observed a dizzying array of major supply chain attacks. Prominent examples include the malicious modification of Axios, a popular HTTP client library for JavaScript, as well as cascading compromises from TeamPCP, a “chaos-as-a-service” group that injected malicious code First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article:…
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Breach of Confidence: 3 April 2026
I once tried to assemble IKEA furniture this week without looking at the instructions. Got halfway through before realising I’d built something structurally sound but utterly useless. Feels like a decent metaphor for most security programmes. America Discovers It Doesn’t Make Routers Anymore The US just banned foreign-made routers because malicious actors kept using them……