Criminal AI-as-a-Service in 2026: How the Underground Market Is Operationalizing Cybercrime

Introduction The underground market for criminally oriented generative AI has moved beyond the early hype surrounding 'malicious chatbots.' The gradual integration of AI as a productivity layer within cybercrime operations has become the dominant story, indicating that while the potential for ful...

OceanLotus Hits Vietnam Investors With SPECTRALVIPER in FireAnt Attack

The Vietnam-aligned threat actor known as OceanLotus has been attributed to two distinct campaigns that targeted domestic entities and stock investors with a backdoor known as SPECTRALVIPER. The campaigns involve a prolonged cyber espionage operation aimed at a Vietnamese infrastructure and...

Free Spotify Premium hacks on social media are spreading infostealers

Short-form video platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels have become the latest way cybercriminals spread malware. We've already seen attackers move away from traditional phishing emails and toward tactics that trick people into installing malware themselves. Now they're being lured with slick...

ClickFix HTML Static Detector

This script is a lightweight static analysis tool designed to identify HTML pages that exhibit patterns commonly associated with ClickFix-style social engineering campaigns...

AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering

In this article 1. ChatGPT-themed lure leads to phishing kit collecting credit card data 2. Claude-themed phishing campaign collected credentials and access tokens 3. "Awesome AI Windows Plugin” malvertising deploys Vidar stealer 4. Fake DeepSeek V4 installers on GitHub delivered Vidar Stealer 5...

AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering

In this article 1. ChatGPT-themed lure leads to phishing kit collecting credit card data 2. Claude-themed phishing campaign collected credentials and access tokens 3. "Awesome AI Windows Plugin” malvertising deploys Vidar stealer 4. Fake DeepSeek V4 installers on GitHub delivered Vidar Stealer 5...

AI Phishing Is Crushing SOCs with Alert Volume: How to Reduce Tier 1 Overload

Phishing has always been a numbers game. AI has turned it into a volume machine. Attackers can now create convincing emails, fake login pages, and tailored lures in minutes. Every polished message adds another case for Tier 1 to review, another link to inspect, and another alert that cannot be...

Old WinRAR Flaw Fuels Attacks on Ukraine: How Unmanaged Software Keeps the Door Open

Two separate Russia-aligned campaigns are still exploiting the WinRAR flaw CVE-2025-8088 against Ukrainian organizations nearly a year after it was patched, showing how unmanaged software keeps an exploited entry point open long after the fix ships...

CVE-2026-31956

Xibo is an open source digital signage platform with a web content management system and Windows display player software. Prior to version 4.4.1, any authenticated user can manually construct a URL to preview campaigns/regions, and export saved reports belonging to other users. Exploitation of th...

CVE-2024-0391

The check user account lock states feature within the email OTP flow fails to validate user input, allowing an attacker to infer the existence of registered user accounts. The discovery of valid usernames can increase the risk of brute-force and social engineering attacks. Attackers can leverage...

Android Spyware Asin Targets Arabic Users via Fake News, PDF and War Map Apps

Arabic-speaking users have emerged as the target of a new Android spyware codenamed Asin , according to findings from ESET. The Slovakian cybersecurity company said it first detected the malware spread via multiple campaigns in early 2025, with each attack wave making use of distinct websites...

China-Linked TA4922 Expands Phishing Attacks to U.K., Germany, Italy, and South Africa

A new China-linked cybercrime group known as TA4922 has expanded its targeting focus to target European organizations in the U.K., Germany, Italy, and South Africa. These efforts have been complemented by a "rapid operational tempo" and a continually evolving malware arsenal comprising known...

Weedhack Attacks Minecraft Users, CountLoader Hits 86K, Miners Spread via Pirated Content

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new campaign targeting Minecraft players via YouTube to spread malware capable of gaining control of victims' systems. The Minecraft-focused malware-as-a-service MaaS campaign has been codenamed Weedhack by McAfee Labs, stating the activity has been active...

Fake virus alerts are invading mobile games

Sometimes it happens. You’re happily playing a game on your phone or laptop when suddenly alarms pop up out of nowhere: " Your device is infected!" " Your iCloud is full!" " Your account is restricted for watching porn!" Some games can be played for free if you agree to watch ads, and in others y...

Malicious Package

Overview ilovefemboys is a malicious package. This package is part of a malicious npm campaign that abused the registry to distribute ad-supported web proxy applications disguised as educational websites. The package contains web assets intended to bypass network restrictions and generate...

A week in security (May 25 – May 31)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Payment apps are watching what you say Lock and Code S07E11 Scammers pretending to be Microsoft had help from US executives 700+ education and tech websites hijacked in huge ClickFix malware campaign Fake software on GitHub and SourceForge distribute Deno RAT Fake...

CVE-2026-9236

CVE-2026-9236 concerns the WordPress plugin CM Ad Changer. The vulnerability is a Cross-Site Request Forgery flaw in all versions up to and including 2.0.7 caused by missing or incorrect nonce validation in the cmac_campaigns_action function. This enables unauthenticated attackers to permanently ...

EUVD-2026-32051

The CM Ad Changer – A simple tool to control and optimize your site's banners plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the cmaccampaignsaction function. This makes it...

CVE-2026-9236

The CM Ad Changer – A simple tool to control and optimize your site's banners plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the cmaccampaignsaction function. This makes it...

Iranian Hackers Deploy MiniFast and MiniJunk V2 via Phishing and SEO Poisoning

The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor known as Nimbus Manticore aka Screening Serpens and UNC1549 has been attributed to a fresh campaign using lures impersonating organizations in the aviation and software sectors across the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East following the joint U.S.-Israeli...