ClickFix Campaign Abuses Compromised Sites to Deploy MIMICRAT Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new ClickFix campaign that abuses compromised legitimate sites to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan RAT called MIMICRAT aka AstarionRAT. "The campaign demonstrates a high level of operational sophistication: compromised...

Bloody Wolf Targets Uzbekistan, Russia Using NetSupport RAT in Spear-Phishing Campaign

The threat actor known as Bloody Wolf has been linked to a campaign targeting Uzbekistan and Russia to infect systems with a remote access trojan known as NetSupport RAT. Cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky is tracking the activity under the moniker Stan Ghouls. The threat actor is known to be active...

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Codespaces RCE, AsyncRAT C2, BYOVD Abuse, AI Cloud Intrusions & 15+ Stories

This week didn’t produce one big headline. It produced many small signals — the kind that quietly shape what attacks will look like next. Researchers tracked intrusions that start in ordinary places: developer workflows, remote tools, cloud access, identity paths, and even routine user actions...

Stan Ghouls targeting Russia and Uzbekistan with NetSupport RAT

Introduction Stan Ghouls also known as Bloody Wolf is an cybercriminal group that has been launching targeted attacks against organizations in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan since at least 2023. These attackers primarily have their sights set on the manufacturing, finance, and IT...

DEAD#VAX Malware Campaign Deploys AsyncRAT via IPFS-Hosted VHD Phishing Files

Threat hunters have disclosed details of a new, stealthy malware campaign dubbed DEADVAX that employs a mix of "disciplined tradecraft and clever abuse of legitimate system features" to bypass traditional detection mechanisms and deploy a remote access trojan RAT known as AsyncRAT. "The attack...

Windows Malware Uses Pulsar RAT for Live Chats While Stealing Data

We usually think of computer viruses as silent, invisible programs running in the background, but a worrying discovery shows that modern hackers are getting much more personal...

Multi-Stage Phishing Campaign Targets Russia with Amnesia RAT and Ransomware

A new multi-stage phishing campaign has been observed targeting users in Russia with ransomware and a remote access trojan called Amnesia RAT. "The attack begins with social engineering lures delivered via business-themed documents crafted to appear routine and benign," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs...

MiracleLinux 8 : container-tools:rhel8 (AXSA:2024-9041:01)

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2024-9041:01 advisory. golang: math/big.Rat: may cause a panic or an unrecoverable fatal error if passed inputs with very large exponents CVE-2021-33198 podman: podman...

Malicious code in urlssser (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 4a59189804dc7b527969a4ed7e4d95fac2b98812c309142270b27cdca47729be This package does not directly contain malicious code, but was uploaded as part of the malicious campaign and is used as a helper in further infection stages...

Hackers Exploit c-ares DLL Side-Loading to Bypass Security and Deploy Malware

Security experts have disclosed details of an active malware campaign that's exploiting a DLL side-loading vulnerability in a legitimate binary associated with the open-source c-ares library to bypass security controls and deliver a wide range of commodity trojans and stealers. "Attackers achieve...

Russia-Aligned Hackers Abuse Viber to Target Ukrainian Military and Government

The Russia-aligned threat actor known as UAC-0184 has been observed targeting Ukrainian military and government entities by leveraging the Viber messaging platform to deliver malicious ZIP archives. "This organization has continued to conduct high-intensity intelligence gathering activities again...

MAL-2025-193011 Malicious code in requeses (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 60e475750b95349319dcce7f69afe6399fe78c271b772c001f7a01df5e1e7bba Typosquatting package with a Telegram-bot with RAT-like functionality. The code has been changed a bit compared to the previous incarnations, but keeps the sam...

Malicious code in requeses (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 60e475750b95349319dcce7f69afe6399fe78c271b772c001f7a01df5e1e7bba Typosquatting package with a Telegram-bot with RAT-like functionality. The code has been changed a bit compared to the previous incarnations, but keeps the sam...

Four Threat Clusters Using CastleLoader as GrayBravo Expands Its Malware Service Infrastructure

Four distinct threat activity clusters have been observed leveraging a malware loader known as CastleLoader , strengthening the previous assessment that the tool is offered to other threat actors under a malware-as-a-service MaaS model. The threat actor behind CastleLoader has been assigned the...

Experts Confirm JS#SMUGGLER Uses Compromised Sites to Deploy NetSupport RAT

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign dubbed JSSMUGGLER that has been observed leveraging compromised websites as a distribution vector for a remote access trojan named NetSupport RAT. The attack chain, analyzed by Securonix, involves three main moving parts: An...

APT24 Deploys BADAUDIO in Years-Long Espionage Hitting Taiwan and 1,000+ Domains

A China-nexus threat actor known as APT24 has been observed using a previously undocumented malware dubbed BADAUDIO to establish persistent remote access to compromised networks as part of a nearly three-year campaign. "While earlier operations relied on broad strategic web compromises to...

MAL-2025-191867 Malicious code in siitoogether (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 6fccd687f1acb55e6da0782b08ef14b3e8be5587dee4743a163a106c48390a50 Importing the module starts an RAT-like process capable of execute remote commands, with the C2 through Discord --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has...

Dragon Breath Uses RONINGLOADER to Disable Security Tools and Deploy Gh0st RAT

The threat actor known as Dragon Breath has been observed making use of a multi-stage loader codenamed RONINGLOADER to deliver a modified variant of a remote access trojan called Gh0st RAT. The campaign, which is primarily aimed at Chinese-speaking users, employs trojanized NSIS installers...

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...

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...