Tag: malicious
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New RecoverIt Tool Abuses Windows Service Failure Recovery to Execute Malicious Payloads
A new offensive security tool named >>RecoverIt<< has been released, offering red teamers a stealthy method for lateral movement and persistence by abusing the Windows Service recovery mechanism. The tool circumvents traditional detection methods that focus on monitoring service creation and binary paths. For years, attackers have moved laterally across networks by creating or modifying…
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TeamPCP Worm Exploits Cloud Infrastructure to Build Criminal Infrastructure
Tags: api, cloud, cybersecurity, data-breach, docker, exploit, infrastructure, kubernetes, malicious, wormCybersecurity researchers have called attention to a “massive campaign” that has systematically targeted cloud native environments to set up malicious infrastructure for follow-on exploitation.The activity, observed around December 25, 2025, and described as “worm-driven,” leveraged exposed Docker APIs, Kubernetes clusters, Ray dashboards, and Redis servers, along with the recently disclosed First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Vortex Werewolf Targets Organizations With Tor-Enabled RDP, SMB, SFTP, and SSH Backdoors
A threat cluster tracked as >>Vortex Werewolf<< (also known as SkyCloak) has been observed targeting Russian government and defense organizations. The attack begins not with a typical malicious attachment, but with a highly credible phishing link. Vortex Werewolf distributes URLs that masquerade as legitimate Telegram file-sharing resources. These links, often hosted on domains designed to…
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Detecting Ransomware Using Windows Minifilters to Intercept File Change Events
Tags: cyber, detection, encryption, endpoint, github, malicious, ransomware, strategy, tool, windowsA security researcher has released a new proof-of-concept (PoC) tool on GitHub designed to stop ransomware at the deepest level of the operating system. Part of a broader Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) strategy named >>Sanctum,<< the project demonstrates how defenders can use Windows Minifilters to detect and intercept malicious file encryption before it destroys…
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Top 10 Best DDoS Protection Service Providers for 2026
In the ever-evolving digital landscape of 2025, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have become more potent and frequent than ever. These attacks, which aim to overwhelm a website or network with a flood of malicious traffic, can bring down services, cause significant financial losses, and damage a company’s reputation. Today’s attacks are not just…
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 83
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter ClawHavoc: 341 Malicious Clawed Skills Found by the Bot They Were Targeting ù APT28 Leverages CVE-2026-21509 in Operation Neusploit Amaranth-Dragon: Weaponizing CVE-2025-8088 for Targeted Espionage in the Southeast Asia Analyzing Dead#Vax: Analyzing Multi-Stage VHD…
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OpenClaw Integrates VirusTotal Scanning to Detect Malicious ClawHub Skills
OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot and Clawdbot) has announced that it’s partnering with Google-owned VirusTotal to scan skills that are being uploaded to ClawHub, its skill marketplace, as part of broader efforts to bolster the security of the agentic ecosystem.”All skills published to ClawHub are now scanned using VirusTotal’s threat intelligence, including their new Code Insight capability,”…
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German Agencies Warn of Signal Phishing Targeting Politicians, Military, Journalists
Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (aka Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz or BfV) and Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) have issued a joint advisory warning of a malicious cyber campaign undertaken by a likely state-sponsored threat actor that involves carrying out phishing attacks over the Signal messaging app.”The focus is on high-ranking…
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Malicious packages for dYdX cryptocurrency exchange empties user wallets
Incident is at least the third time the exchange has been targeted by thieves. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/malicious-packages-for-dydx-cryptocurrency-exchange-empties-user-wallets/
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Docker AI Bug Lets Image Metadata Trigger Attacks
AI Assistant Executes Hidden Commands Embedded in Docker Image Labels. A vulnerability in Docker’s Ask Gordon AI assistant allows attackers to execute malicious commands by hiding them in the container application development platform’s image metadata, said security researchers. Dubbed DockerDash, the vulnerability exploits a failure across Docker’s AI execution chain. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Six more vulnerabilities found in n8n automation platform
CVE-2026-21893, a command injection hole in the community edition of n8n. An unauthenticated user with administration permission could execute arbitrary system commands on the n8n host.”The risk is amplified by the trust typically placed in community extensions,” Upwinds said in its commentary, “making this a high-impact attack path that directly bridges application-level functionality with host-level…
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OpenClaw’s Gregarious Insecurities Make Safe Usage Difficult
Malicious skills and persnickety configuration settings are just some of the issues that security researchers have found when installing, and removing, the OpenClaw AI assistant. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/openclaw-insecurities-safe-usage-difficult
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RenEngine Loader Deploys Stealthy Multi-Stage Execution to Bypass Security Measures
The malware family, RenEngine Loader, after discovering malicious logic embedded within what appears to be a legitimate Ren’Py-based game launcher. Active since April 2025, the operation has already compromised over 400,000 victims globally, with a localized focus on India, the United States, and Brazil. The campaign currently infects approximately 5,000 new machines daily by hiding malicious…
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Compromised dYdX npm and PyPI Packages Deliver Wallet Stealers and RAT Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new supply chain attack in which legitimate packages on npm and the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository have been compromised to push malicious versions to facilitate wallet credential theft and remote code execution.The compromised versions of the two packages are listed below -@dydxprotocol/v4-client-js (npm) – 3.4.1, 1.22.1, 1.15.2, 1.0.31& First…
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The blind spot every CISO must see: Loyalty
Tags: access, ai, ciso, corporate, data, espionage, exploit, finance, framework, gartner, government, intelligence, jobs, malicious, monitoring, risk, strategy, tool, training, vulnerability, zero-trustHow the misread appears in practice: Recent examples illustrate the point. In the US federal sphere, abrupt terminations under workforce reduction initiatives have left former employees with lingering access to sensitive systems, amplifying the potential for data exposure or retaliation. Corporate cases show a similar dynamic: engineers or executives who have spent years building institutional…
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Four new vulnerabilities found in Ingress NGINX
Tags: access, api, authentication, container, cve, cybersecurity, data, exploit, group, injection, jobs, kubernetes, malicious, risk, service, strategy, vulnerabilitycustom-errors configuration that includes HTTP errors 401 or 403, and if the configured default custom-errors backend is defective and fails to respect the X-Code HTTP header, then an Ingress with the auth-url annotation may be accessed even when authentication fails.CVE-2026-24512 is a configuration injection vulnerability where the rules.http.paths.path Ingress field can be used to inject configuration into nginx.…
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Chrome Vulnerabilities Allow Code Execution, Browser Crashes
Google released a Chrome security update fixing two high-severity flaws that could enable code execution or crashes via malicious websites. The post Chrome Vulnerabilities Allow Code Execution, Browser Crashes appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-chrome-security-update-february-2026/
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Ransomware gang uses ISPsystem VMs for stealthy payload delivery
Ransomware operators are hosting and delivering malicious payloads at scale by abusing virtual machines (VMs) provisioned by ISPsystem, a legitimate virtual infrastructure management provider. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-uses-ispsystem-vms-for-stealthy-payload-delivery/
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OpenClaw AI Agent Sparks Global Security Alarm
Open-Source Tool Security ‘Dumpster Fire,’ Experts Warn. An open-source AI assistant that exploded in popularity over the past month is exposing users to data theft, malicious code and runaway costs. Users can add functions called skills that connect assistants with different services – and hackers have been quick to add malicious examples. First seen on…
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Attackers Use Legitimate Forensic Driver to Disable Endpoint Security, Huntress Warns
Tags: attack, cybercrime, endpoint, incident response, malicious, software, threat, tool, vulnerabilityCybercriminals are increasingly turning trusted software against defenders, according to new research from Huntress, which has uncovered a real-world attack in which threat actors used a legitimate but vulnerable driver to disable endpoint security tools before deploying further malicious activity. In a detailed incident response analysis, Huntress researchers observed attackers abusing an outdated EnCase forensic…
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Malicious Commands in GitHub Codespaces Enable RCE
Flaws in GitHub Codespaces allow RCE via crafted repositories or pull requests First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/malicious-commands-in-github/
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n8n Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Hijack Systems via Malicious Workflow Execution
n8n has released urgent security updates to address a critical vulnerability that exposes host systems to Remote Code Execution (RCE). Tracked as CVE-2026-25049, this flaw allows authenticated attackers to escape the expression evaluation sandbox and execute arbitrary system commands, potentially leading to a complete compromise of the underlying infrastructure. This disclosure comes shortly after the remediation…
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Sanctioned Bulletproof Host Linked to Hijacking of Old Home Routers
Compromised home routers in 30+ countries had DNS traffic redirected, sending users to malicious sites while normal browsing appeared unaffected. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/sanctioned-bulletproof-host-hijack-old-home-routers/
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The silent security gap in enterprise AI adoption
Tags: access, ai, api, backup, breach, business, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, credentials, cryptography, data, data-breach, encryption, exploit, finance, group, healthcare, infrastructure, malicious, risk, service, technology, threat, toolInfoWorld explains in its analysis of why AI is all about inference now.This shift has happened quickly. In many organizations, AI systems have moved from pilot projects to core infrastructure in less than two years. Yet security architectures have not evolved at the same pace. The result is a widening gap between where sensitive data…
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AI is driving a new kind of phishing at scale
Email remains a primary entry point for attackers, and security teams continue to manage high volumes of malicious messages that change form across campaigns. Attackers … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/05/ai-driven-phishing-threats-increase/