OrBit Rootkit Targets Linux to Steal SSH and Sudo Credentials
Hackers are continuing to abuse a stealthy Linux rootkit known as OrBit to harvest SSH and sudo credentials, with new research showing the threat has quietly...
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TeamPCP Ups the Game, Releases Shai-Hulud Worm’s Source Code
The hacking group is encouraging miscreants to use the code in supply chain attacks, promising monetary rewards. The post TeamPCP Ups the Game, Releases Shai...
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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 a...
Fake Job Interview Apps Drop JobStealer Malware on Windows and macOS
Hackers are using Fake interview apps to spread JobStealer malware on macOS and Windows to steal crypto wallets, browser data, and passwords.
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 ...
Google Launches Android Spyware Forensics Tool for High-Risk Users
Google’s Android Advanced Protection Mode is getting a new feature allowing trusted security experts to investigate potential spyware infections
Kimsuky targets organizations with PebbleDash-based tools
Kaspersky researchers analyze a range of new PebbleDash-based tools used in recent Kimsuky campaigns and reveal their connection to the AppleSeed malware clu...
170 npm Packages Hijacked to Steal GitHub, AWS & Kubernetes Secrets
Hackers have launched a large-scale supply chain attack by compromising more than 170 npm packages and two PyPI libraries, collectively downloaded over 200 m...
China-Linked Twill Typhoon Uses Fake Apple and Yahoo Sites for Espionage
A new Darktrace report reveals how Chinese hackers use fake Apple and Yahoo sites and the FDMTP malware framework to spy on organisations.
Hackers Hijack HWMonitor to Sideload Malicious DLL
Hackers are once again exploiting user trust in legitimate software, this time abusing the popular CPUID HWMonitor utility to deliver a stealthy remote acces...
TeamPCP Used Mini Shai-Hulud Worm to Poison Over 400 npm and PyPI Packages
Research reveals that TeamPCP hijacked OIDC tokens to poison hundreds of TanStack, Mistral AI, and UiPath packages with the self-propagating Mini Shai-Hulud ...
Infostealer Malware Fuels Corporate Breaches From Personal Devices
Infostealer malware is no longer just a consumer nuisance it has become a direct bridge between personal device infections and full-scale enterprise breaches...
Android Adds Intrusion Logging for Sophisticated Spyware Forensics
Google on Tuesday unveiled a new opt-in Android feature called Intrusion Logging for storing forensic logs to better analyze sophisticated spyware attacks. I...
Google and Amnesty International teamed up to make it harder for spyware vendors to hide
Intrusion Logging marks the first feature from a major device vendor to aid with forensic detection of sophisticated threats, Amnesty International said. The...
Undermining the trust boundary: Investigating a stealthy intrusion through third-party compromise
Microsoft Incident Response investigated an attack operated through legitimate and trusted administrative mechanisms to blend seamlessly into routine operati...
Fake Claude Code takes the IElevator to your browser secrets
Developers looking for Anthropic’s increasingly popular Claude Code tool are now being lured into downloading malware. According to researchers at Ontinue, a...
Shai Hulud attack ships signed malicious TanStack, Mistral npm packages
A large-scale software supply-chain attack involving the "Shai-Hulud" malware has compromised hundreds of packages across open-source software ecosystems. [.
Hackers Hijack Microsoft Teams Accounts to Spread ModeloRAT Malware
Hackers are now abusing hijacked Microsoft Teams accounts and fake IT helpdesk chats to push a new, undocumented version of the Python‑based ModeloRAT into c...
Malicious Hugging Face Repository Typosquats OpenAI
HiddenLayer reveals infostealer malware in a Hugging Face repository