Tag: malicious
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RedC2 Turns Compromised Linux Machines Into SOCKS5 Proxies for Internal Network Pivoting
A cluster of trojanized npm packages is delivering the RedC2 4.0 Linux implant, providing operators with a pathway from a seemingly harmless dependency import to internal network pivoting via SOCKS5 proxies and TCP forwarding. The campaign disguises malicious code inside functional calendar and streak-calculation utilities, underscoring how supply-chain abuse can bypass controls focused only on…
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ToxicPanda Android malware uses VPN permissions to block Google Play
The ToxicPanda Android malware has evolved with new malicious functionality, expanding its targeting to 349 applications and adding support for 167 remote commands. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/toxicpanda-android-malware-uses-vpn-permissions-to-block-google-play/
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North Korean Hackers Tied to Rust Supply Chain Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have linked a malicious backdoor in compromised Rust packages to previous North Korean supply chain attacks First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/north-korean-rust-supply-chain/
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North Korean Hackers Tied to Rust Supply Chain Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have linked a malicious backdoor in compromised Rust packages to previous North Korean supply chain attacks First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/north-korean-rust-supply-chain/
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North Korean Hackers Tied to Rust Supply Chain Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have linked a malicious backdoor in compromised Rust packages to previous North Korean supply chain attacks First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/north-korean-rust-supply-chain/
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Attackers impersonate popular AI brands to spread malware
Attackers are impersonating popular AI brands like Perplexity, Claude, ChatGPT, and Copilot to spread information stealers, backdoors, malicious browser extensions, and other … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/21/ai-brand-impersonation-malware-malware-research/
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More Incidents of AIs Going Rogue in Cybersecurity Challenges
The AI Security Institute has a new report of AI systems engaging in “unsanctioned behavior””, what I have been calling “genie behavior”, while being tested on their cybersecurity capabilities. The incident stemmed from a single evaluation where agents were given a task of solving a cyber security challenge. We ran this challenge 122 times across…
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Critical N-Able PassPortal Extension Flaw Gives Attackers Full Password Vault Access
Tags: access, authentication, control, cve, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, flaw, malicious, password, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers have revealed a critical vulnerability in N-able’s PassPortal browser extension that could have allowed a malicious website or embedded iframe to obtain authentication materials and take control of a user’s password vault. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-15580, affects PassPortal version 3.49.5 and has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 9.4. It was patched…
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Compromised Rust Crate With 18,000+ Downloads Steals Source Code During Builds
A malicious update to the Rust crate called onering has been discovered, which exfiltrates source code changes from developers’ machines during the build process. Security researchers identified this behavior in version 1.4.1 of the package on June 10, 2026. The onering crate, designed as a high-throughput synchronous queue and channels library, has garnered over 18,000…
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Hackers Use Fake Google Gemini Installer to Deploy Vidar Stealer and Steal Browser Credentials
Threat actors are exploiting interest in generative AI software to distribute the Vidar information stealer through a fake Google Gemini installer hosted via Google Colab. Darktrace investigated the July 2026 intrusion in an EMEA customer environment, where a user downloaded and executed a malicious file named Download_Google_Gemini_For_Windows.exe The campaign did not rely on a conventional…
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New attack bypasses AI guardrails by encrypting malicious prompts
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/new-attack-bypasses-ai-guardrails-by-encrypting-malicious-prompts
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Rust Supply Chain Attack Puts Build-Time Malware in Crates with 245 Million Downloads
The Rust Project has deleted malicious versions of three widely used Rust crates from crates.io after a compromised maintainer account published releases that added a typosquatted dependency whose build script downloaded and executed a remote payload during compilation.The affected releases are arrayref 0.3.10, internment 0.8.7, and append-only-vec 0.1.9, all published from the same owner First…
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Apple Patches Critical iPhone Flaws: Attackers Could Run Malicious Code
Apple patched critical iPhone flaws that could allow malicious code execution, including an ImageIO vulnerability. Here’s what users should know. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/news-apple-critical-iphone-security-flaws-august-2026/
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Grok exfiltrates user data when malicious instructions are encrypted
Cryptographic Context Injection is only the latest way to break an LLM safety guardrail. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/grok-exfiltrates-user-data-when-malicious-instructions-are-encrypted/
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Fake Gemini installer delivers Vidar infostealer via Google Colab lure
A malicious executable masquerading as a Google Gemini installer was used to deliver the Vidar infostealer on a company network in the EMEA region, according to Darktrace … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/20/fake-google-gemini-installer-vidar-infostealer/
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Hackers Use Fake CAPTCHA to Deploy Malware That Shuts Down Endpoint Security
Threat actors are pairing fake CAPTCHA verification pages with a commercial malware loader capable of disabling endpoint defenses, creating a high-impact infection chain that begins with a victim manually executing a malicious PowerShell command. In late July 2026, multiple ClickFix campaigns generated through the ErrTraffic malware-as-a-service platform and used to deliver Cruciferra, a loader advertised…
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40 Malicious Firefox Extensions Pose as Web3 Products to Steal Wallet Secrets
A set of 40 Mozilla Firefox extensions has been found to engage in cryptocurrency wallet theft by masquerading as OKX, Rabby Wallet, TronLink, and other Web3 products.According to the Socket Threat Research team, the extensions are part of a broader set of 77 browser add-ons that share source code and infrastructure overlaps. The campaign, dubbed…
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When Attackers Can Spin Up a Phishing Site in 90 Minutes, Your Blocklist is Already Stale
AI-generated phishing is outpacing reputation-based DNS filtering, forcing organizations to adopt real-time AI classification of unknown domains before users reach malicious sites. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/when-attackers-can-spin-up-a-phishing-site-in-90-minutes-your-blocklist-is-already-stale/
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13 Malicious Rabby Firefox Extensions Steal Wallet Keyrings Before They Are Encrypted
A broad Firefox add-on campaign that includes 13 malicious Rabby Wallet impersonators engineered to exfiltrate wallet keyring data before the application encrypts it locally. The activity is part of a larger operation, provisionally tracked as “Offside Wallet Theft Factory,” which links 77 Firefox extension identities through cloned code, reused infrastructure, deceptive listings, stable add-on IDs,…
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Abnormal Is Not Malicious. Malicious Is No Longer Abnormal
AI-powered email security is moving beyond anomaly detection to reason about intent, context and deception as advanced phishing attacks increasingly hide inside trusted brands and ordinary business communication. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/abnormal-is-not-malicious-malicious-is-no-longer-abnormal/
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China-Nexus Hackers Target Myanmar Diplomats With QUICAgent Go Backdoor via Malicious VHD Files
A China-nexus threat actor is targeting Myanmar government and diplomatic personnel with a multi-stage malware campaign that delivers a custom Go-based backdoor, dubbed QUICAgent, through Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) files disguised as benign images. The campaign relies on highly targeted social engineering. One malicious file, named TrainingAnnouncement.jpg, is not an image but a VHD container.…
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Phishing 3.0: The Fight Moves to Agent Versus Agent
Most email defenses still do the job they did a decade ago. Scan the message, look for something malicious, block it. That worked when the danger sat in the payload, a bad link or an attachment. It stopped working when the danger moved into the message’s intent, and it is failing now that the sender…
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Cursor 0-Day Lets Attackers Execute Malicious Code by Opening a Repository
A recently disclosed security issue in Cursor IDE exposed a serious Windows binary-planting vulnerability that could allow malicious code to execute simply by opening an untrusted repository. This flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-63093, relates to Cursor’s executable resolution behavior and demonstrates how files controlled by attackers placed in a workspace could be executed with the current…
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Critical Microsoft Copilot CoSnitch Flaw Lets Hackers Steal Sensitive Data With One Click
A critical one-click vulnerability in Microsoft Copilot Personal, tracked as CVE-2026-24301 and dubbed CoSnitch. This flaw could enable an attacker to trigger malicious Copilot prompts, access data from connected OAuth applications, and silently transmit that information to an attacker-controlled server. Microsoft addressed this issue on August 18, 2026, following Varonis’s responsible disclosure in December 2025.…
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Attackers Exploit MLflow SSRF Flaw to Steal Cloud Credentials and Secrets
Tags: ai, automation, cloud, credentials, exploit, flaw, intelligence, malicious, open-source, software, technology, vulnerabilityTwo critical vulnerabilities impacting MLflow, an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform, and FUXA, an open-source, web-based SCADA / HMI software built for operational technology (OT) and industrial automation, are witnessing malicious scanning and exploitation efforts.According to independent reports from watchTowr and VulnCheck, the vulnerabilities in question are as follows – First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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BTMob Uses Custom Phishing Apps to Turn Android Users Into Remote-Controlled Fraud Victims
BTMOB has evolved beyond a conventional Android banking trojan into a turnkey fraud platform that lets criminals build branded phishing apps, remotely operate infected phones, and automate theft. Its emergence illustrates how leaked malware source code and low-code tooling are turning mobile fraud into a scalable franchise. The malicious lnat-tv-pro.apk sample connected to server[.]yaarsa[.]com/con over…