Mobile malware evolution in 2025

Starting from the third quarter of 2025, we have updated our statistical methodology based on the Kaspersky Security Network. These changes affect all sections of the report except for the installation package statistics, which remain unchanged. To illustrate trends between reporting periods, we...

Symlink Attack

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via the validateBindMounts process. An attacker can access files or directories outside of intended boundaries by exploiting symlinked parent directories combined with...

GHSA-M8V2-6WWH-R4GC OpenClaw's sandbox bind validation could bypass allowed-root and blocked-path checks via symlink-parent missing-leaf paths

Summary In openclaw up to and including 2026.2.23 latest npm release as of February 24, 2026, sandbox bind-source validation could be bypassed when a bind source used a symlinked parent plus a non-existent leaf path. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Affected: = 2026.2.24...

OpenClaw shell-env fallback trusted startup env and could execute attacker-influenced login-shell paths

Summary OpenClaw shell-env fallback trusted startup environment values and could execute attacker-influenced login-shell startup paths before loading env keys. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Affected versions: = 2026.1.5 and = 2026.2.21-2 - Fixed on main:...

PickleScan's pkgutil.resolve_name has a universal blocklist bypass

Summary pkgutil.resolvename is a Python stdlib function that resolves any "module:attribute" string to the corresponding Python object at runtime. By using pkgutil.resolvename as the first REDUCE call in a pickle, an attacker can obtain a reference to ANY blocked function e.g., os.system,...

GHSA-VVPJ-8CMC-GX39 PickleScan's pkgutil.resolve_name has a universal blocklist bypass

Summary pkgutil.resolvename is a Python stdlib function that resolves any "module:attribute" string to the corresponding Python object at runtime. By using pkgutil.resolvename as the first REDUCE call in a pickle, an attacker can obtain a reference to ANY blocked function e.g., os.system,...

GHSA-F8MP-VJ46-CQ8V OpenClaw's shell env fallback trusts unvalidated SHELL path from host environment

The shell environment fallback path could invoke an attacker-controlled shell when SHELL was inherited from an untrusted host environment. In affected builds, shell-env loading used $SHELL -l -c 'env -0' without validating that SHELL points to a trusted executable. In threat-model terms, this...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-27152 DIscourse has DM communication-preference bypass when adding members

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, DM communication-preference bypass when adding members via Chat::AddUsersToChannel — a user could add targets who have blocked/ignored/muted them to an existing DM channel, bypassing per-recipien...

OpenClaw has a sandbox network isolation bypass via docker.network=container:<id>

Summary In [email protected], sandbox network hardening blocks network=host but still allows network=container:. This can let a sandbox join another container's network namespace and reach services available in that namespace. Preconditions and Trust Model Context This issue requires a...

CVE-2026-27152

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, DM communication-preference bypass when adding members via Chat::AddUsersToChannel — a user could add targets who have blocked/ignored/muted them to an existing DM channel, bypassing per-recipien...

GHSA-82G8-464F-2MV7 OpenClaw: Skill env override host env injection via applySkillConfigEnvOverrides (defense-in-depth)

Summary applySkillConfigEnvOverrides previously copied skills.entries..env values into the host process.env without applying the host env safety policy. Impact In affected versions, dangerous process-level variables such as NODEOPTIONS could be injected when unset, which can influence...

EUVD-2024-55454

The OVRI Payment plugin for WordPress contains malicious .htaccess files in version 1.7.0. The files contain directives to prevent the execution of certain scripts while allowing execution of known malicious PHP files. If moved outside of the plugin's directory, they may interfere with the proper...

Why Tehran’s Two-Tiered Internet Is So Dangerous

Iran is slowly emerging from the most severe communications blackout in its history and one of the longest in the world. Triggered as part of January's government crackdown against citizen protests nationwide, the regime implemented an internet shutdown that transcends the standard definition of...

Meta Files Lawsuits Against Brazil, China, Vietnam Advertisers Over Celeb-Bait Scams

Meta on Thursday said it's taking legal action to tackle scams on its platforms by filing lawsuits against what it calls deceptive advertisers based in Brazil, China, and Vietnam. As part of the effort, the advertisers' methods of payment have been suspended, related accounts have been disabled,...

CVE-2026-27152

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, DM communication-preference bypass when adding members via Chat::AddUsersToChannel — a user could add targets who have blocked/ignored/muted them to an existing DM channel, bypassing per-recipien...

CVE-2026-27152

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, DM communication-preference bypass when adding members via Chat::AddUsersToChannel — a user could add targets who have blocked/ignored/muted them to an existing DM channel, bypassing per-recipien...

EUVD-2026-8891

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, DM communication-preference bypass when adding members via Chat::AddUsersToChannel — a user could add targets who have blocked/ignored/muted them to an existing DM channel, bypassing per-recipien...

CVE-2026-27152 DIscourse has DM communication-preference bypass when adding members

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, DM communication-preference bypass when adding members via Chat::AddUsersToChannel — a user could add targets who have blocked/ignored/muted them to an existing DM channel, bypassing per-recipien...

CVE-2026-2410

The Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.2. This is due to missing nonce validation in the showPageContent function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to a...

PT-2026-22187

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Discourse versions prior to 2025.12.2 Discourse versions prior to 2026.1.1 Discourse versions prior to 2026.2.0 Description Discourse, an open source discussion platform, had a flaw where a user could add targets who had blocked, ignored, or...