The never-ending supply chain attacks worm into SAP npm packages, other dev tools
Mini Shai-Hulud caught spreading credential-stealing malware
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Malware is software intentionally created or modified to perform unauthorized or harmful actions on a computer, device, or network. The term covers distinct families and functions, including viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, botnet clients, and ransomware; a single sample may combine several capabilities. Its behavior—not its label—determines the security concern: it may execute code, persist, alter or encrypt data, steal credentials, or provide unauthorized remote access.
For practitioners, malware reporting is most useful when it identifies the family or tool conservatively and provides evidence such as affected platforms, samples, infrastructure, or observed behavior. Defenses include promptly patching vulnerable software, restricting execution and privileges, monitoring endpoints and networks, maintaining tested backups, and isolating suspected systems for analysis. Detection should use behavior and verified indicators rather than names alone, since variants change. If malware processes personal or regulated data, investigations should also address privacy, evidence preservation, and applicable reporting obligations.
Mini Shai-Hulud caught spreading credential-stealing malware
Mini Shai-Hulud caught spreading credential-stealing malware The wave of supply chain attacks aimed at security and developer tools has washed up more victims, namely SAP and Intercom npm packages, plus the lightning PyPI package.…
Also, HexDex Arrest, Black Axe Crackdown, LeRobot RCE FlawThis week, election threats resurfaced. A prolific hacker arrested. Black Axe network disrupted. China-linked disinformation targets Tibet. Exploited ScreenConnect and Windows flaws raise alarms. Minecraft gamers hit with stealer malware. A critical AI framework bug enables remote code execution.
Suspects accused of distributing malware and selling access to stolen Roblox accounts on Russian marketplaces
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about a new supply chain attack campaign targeting SAP-related npm Packages with credential-stealing malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malicious code in an npm package after a malicious package as a dependency to the project by Anthropic's Claude Opus large language model (LLM)
An analysis of the destructive malware reveals sophisticated living-off-the-land (LotL) techniques and detailed strategies for the widespread deletion of data.
Yet another reason not to feast on OpenClaw Thirty ClawHub skills published by a single author are silently co-opting AI agents and creating a mass cryptocurrency mining swarm – without any malware or user consent.…
The North Korean group is using stolen victim videos, AI-generated avatars, and fake Zoom calls to scale malware attacks against cryptocurrency executives.
The malware has filled the gap created by last year's law enforcement takedowns of Lumma and Rhadamanthys.
A cybercrime group of Brazilian origin has resurfaced after more than three years to orchestrate a campaign that targets Minecraft players with a new stealer called LofyStealer (aka GrabBot)
Attackers continue to scale a campaign to seed Open VSX with seemingly benign VS Code extensions that spread self-propagating malware.
A new wave of the Glassworm campaign is targeting the OpenVSX ecosystem with 73 "sleeper" extensions that turn malicious after an update. [...]
Video of Industry Figures Harvested During Meetings and Used to Lure Future VictimsNorth Korean hackers are pretending to be cryptocurrency insiders, in an attempt to trick targets into accepting Calendly calendar invites. The social engineering ruse is designed to infect Windows and macOS systems with crypto stealers, and to harvest video of real-life people for future lures.
A newly discovered threat actor is using Microsoft Teams, AWS S3 buckets, and custom "Snow" malware in a multipronged campaign.
Everything is dumb again. This week feels broken in a very familiar way. Old tricks are back. New tools are doing shady crap. Supply chains got hit. Fake help desks worked. Weird research showed how easy some attacks still are
Researchers have uncovered a malware framework dubbed "fast16" that predates Stuxnet by five years.
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged dozens of Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions on the Open VSX repository that are linked to a persistent information-stealing campaign dubbed GlassWorm
The “fast16” malware may have been used to target Iran’s nuclear program prior to Stuxnet