malware
New Plague Linux malware stealthily maintains SSH access
A newly discovered Linux malware, which has evaded detection for over a year, allows attackers to gain persistent SSH access and bypass authentication on compromised systems. Nextron Systems security researchers, who identified the malware and dubbed it “Plague,” describe it as a malicious Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) that uses layered obfuscation techniques and environment tampering to […]
CISA open-sources Thorium platform for malware, forensic analysis
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today announced the public availability of Thorium, an open-source platform for malware and forensic analysts across the government, public, and private sectors. Thorium was developed in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories as a scalable cybersecurity suite that automates many tasks involved in cyberattack investigations, and can schedule over 1,700 jobs […]
Hackers exploit SAP NetWeaver bug to deploy Linux Auto-Color malware
Hackers were spotted exploiting a critical SAP NetWeaver vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-31324 to deploy the Auto-Color Linux malware in a cyberattack on a U.S.-based chemicals company. Cybersecurity firm Darktrace discovered the attack during an incident response in April 2025, where an investigation revealed that the Auto-Color malware had evolved to include additional advanced evasion tactics. Darktrace reports […]
Endgame Gear mouse config tool infected users with malware
Gaming peripherals maker Endgame Gear is warning that malware was hidden in its configuration tool for the OP1w 4k v2 mouse hosted on the official website between June 26 and July 9, 2025. The infected file was hosted on ‘endgamegear.com/gaming-mice/op1w-4k-v2,’ so users downloading the tool from that page during this period were infected. Endgame Gear […]
New Koske Linux malware hides in cute panda images
A new Linux malware named Koske may have been developed with artificial intelligence and is using seemingly benign JPEG images of panda bears to deploy malware directly into system memory. Researchers from cybersecurity company AquaSec analyzed Koske and described it as “a sophhisticated Linux threat.” Based on the observed adaptive behavior, the researchers believe that […]
Hacker sneaks infostealer malware into early access Steam game
A threat actor called EncryptHub has compromised a game on Steam to distribute info-stealing malware to unsuspecting users downloading the title. A few days ago, the hacker (also tracked as Larva-208), injected malicious binaries into the Chemia game files hosted on Steam. Chemia is a survival crafting game from developer ‘Aether Forge Studios,’ which is […]
NPM package ‘is’ with 2.8M weekly downloads infected devs with malware
The popular NPM package ‘is’ has been compromised in a supply chain attack that injected backdoor malware, giving attackers full access to compromised devices. This occurred after maintainer accounts were hijacked via phishing, followed by unauthorized owner changes that went unnoticed for several hours, potentially compromising many developers who downloaded the new releases. The ‘is’ […]
Lumma infostealer malware returns after law enforcement disruption
The Lumma infostealer malware operation is gradually resuming activities following a massive law enforcement operation in May, which resulted in the seizure of 2,300 domains and parts of its infrastructure. Although the Lumma malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform suffered significant disruption from the law enforcement action, as confirmed by early June reports on infostealer activity, it didn’t shut down. The operators immediately acknowledged […]
Coyote malware abuses Windows accessibility framework for data theft
A new variant of the banking trojan ‘Coyote’ has begun abusing a Windows accessibility feature, Microsoft’s UI Automation framework, to identify which banking and cryptocurrency exchange sites are accessed on the device for potential credential theft. Microsoft UIA is a Windows accessibility framework designed to allow assistive technologies to interact with, inspect, and control user interface […]
UK ties GRU to stealthy Microsoft 365 credential-stealing malware
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has formally attributed ‘Authentic Antics’ espionage malware attacks to APT28 (Fancy Bear), a threat actor already linked to Russia’s military intelligence service (GRU). The NCSC revealed in a detailed technical analysis of the Authentic Antics malware dated May 6th that it is stealing credentials and OAuth 2.0 tokens that […]