HackOnChat: Unmasking the WhatsApp Hacking Scam

CTM360 has discovered a large-scale malicious campaign targeting WhatsApp users worldwide. This scam is designed to hijack WhatsApp accounts through deceptive phishing schemes that exploit user trust in the WhatsApp brand. Threat actors behind this campaign create fraudulent websites that closely...

Python-Based WhatsApp Worm Spreads Eternidade Stealer Across Brazilian Devices

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that leverages a combination of social engineering and WhatsApp hijacking to distribute a Delphi-based banking trojan named Eternidade Stealer as part of attacks targeting users in Brazil. "It uses Internet Message Access Protocol...

AI and Voter Engagement

Social media has been a familiar, even mundane, part of life for nearly two decades. It can be easy to forget it was not always that way. In 2008, social media was just emerging into the mainstream. Facebook reached 100 million users that summer. And a singular candidate was integrating social...

Malicious code in requtils (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 58a7ebfdccf4fd67fac4e6a3c3183918f4682e004468286a5675622ae6fc35c5 Package attempts to automatically exfiltrate API keys --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign:...

New EVALUSION ClickFix Campaign Delivers Amatera Stealer and NetSupport RAT

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malware campaigns using the now-prevalent ClickFix social engineering tactic to deploy Amatera Stealer and NetSupport RAT. The activity, observed this month, is being tracked by eSentire under the moniker EVALUSION. First spotted in June 2025, Amatera is...

MAL-2025-191814 Malicious code in perfviewer (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 ea912a2de677fa6d9ea6dbf9a792dace4d927efd46a5cb615ba8548fec4930e8 During installation, code downloads and starts an executable and a DLL library. After starting them, files are removed from the disk. The executable has been...

Malicious code in perfviewer (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 ea912a2de677fa6d9ea6dbf9a792dace4d927efd46a5cb615ba8548fec4930e8 During installation, code downloads and starts an executable and a DLL library. After starting them, files are removed from the disk. The executable has been...

Malicious code in hexadecpy (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 e553647ff67ec6e0339b5de8038f9522494a1200e0437156eee7674d5a29ef21 Package appears to be designed for private key exfiltration, but no known usage. The name appears to be related to the cryptocurrency TRX Tron / Tronix. Some...

MAL-2025-191810 Malicious code in pam98wyfupa98w (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 be7177fd2d56b518724377233ca5eda13a07f6252e400cfb4c1115db456b5fd8 Importing the module starts a reverse shell --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2025-11-d1n0...

Malicious code in d1n0-exploit-aaaa (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 64210508ed5694fbb8abfa75dbca12a3f6a0ebc0b653866d6fd01de23cdc5170 Importing the module starts a reverse shell --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2025-11-d1n0...

Iranian Hackers Launch 'SpearSpecter' Spy Operation on Defense & Government Targets

The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor known as APT42 has been observed targeting individuals and organizations that are of interest to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC as part of a new espionage-focused campaign. The activity, detected in early September 2025 and assessed to be...

Chinese Hackers Use Anthropic's AI to Launch Automated Cyber Espionage Campaign

State-sponsored threat actors from China used artificial intelligence AI technology developed by Anthropic to orchestrate automated cyber attacks as part of a "highly sophisticated espionage campaign" in mid-September 2025. "The attackers used AI's 'agentic' capabilities to an unprecedented degre...

Russian Hackers Create 4,300 Fake Travel Sites to Steal Hotel Guests' Payment Data

A Russian-speaking threat behind an ongoing, mass phishing campaign has registered more than 4,300 domain names since the start of the year. The activity, per Netcraft security researcher Andrew Brandt, is designed to target customers of the hospitality industry, specifically hotel guests who may...

Malicious code in markdown-relay-optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin-neutrino (npm)

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Malicious code in miranda-koa-fetch-duplex (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 0542faa9fd01fa72c958cf46a1d5a08f0ba4db727709a088052187230321c063 This package appears to be part of the tea.xyz token reward campaign that flooded npm. These packages typically contain autopublish scripts auto.js,...

Malicious code in colors-request-xo-xerxes (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 1498b0185b55cab24bef95e606502bbbd2afbfe23c40d14a9b5f91cec7b05faf This package appears to be part of the tea.xyz token reward campaign that flooded npm. These packages typically contain autopublish scripts auto.js,...

Malicious code in string-avior-heliophysics-tachyon (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 3f7ef6f68451c5fa51ac41295643a67cb2a6c0437ba9c76305c143de6da7c1d6 This package appears to be part of the tea.xyz token reward campaign that flooded npm. These packages typically contain autopublish scripts auto.js,...

Malicious code in paleomagnetism-playwright-blackhole-izar (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 6a3ac923ef3e0b0386e7575fe8798cedb5b699921978d28e61fc8bdbe8f8eaab This package appears to be part of the tea.xyz token reward campaign that flooded npm. These packages typically contain autopublish scripts auto.js,...

Malicious code in shelljs-fermiparadox-bootes-xml (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 8199a85992f315d21ea68c13b0beedab66d67bf10eae645fc8bdbc5cca7e9cca This package appears to be part of the tea.xyz token reward campaign that flooded npm. These packages typically contain autopublish scripts auto.js,...

Malicious code in weywot-tool-eslint-config-dotenv (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector de32a7540b8c3b3d21739c05102b00d5a46e140039e3c22f2265e6addf4f43d7 This package appears to be part of the tea.xyz token reward campaign that flooded npm. These packages typically contain autopublish scripts auto.js,...