Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

China-linked SprySOCKS backdoor gains stealthy Windows variants and 30-plus C2 commands

Backdoor malware Auto-Color targets Linux systems, exploiting SAP NetWeaver flaw CVE-2025-31324

NVISO discovered new variants of the BRICKSTORM backdoor, initially designed for Linux, on Windows systems

The ELF backdoor, initially thought to be a variant of existing malware, has a Windows and a Linux version

A backdoor in XZ Utils, a widely used file-compressing software in Linux systems, could have led to a critical supply chain attack had a Microsoft researcher not spotted it in time

The new backdoor is being used by Earth Lusca to conduct cyber-espionage campaigns, primarily against governments in Asia and the Balkans

Eset also said the same university was targeted during student protests in May 2020

The malware can cloak a malicious payload that could be remotely controlled by an adversary

The backdoor allowed attackers to upload and download files, execute commands and remove their footprint