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Researchers Detail Tuoni C2's Role in an Attempted 2025 Real-Estate Cyber Intrusion
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a cyber attack targeting a major U.S.-based real-estate company that involved the use of a nascent command-and-control C2 and red teaming framework known as Tuoni. "The campaign leveraged the emerging Tuoni C2 framework, a relatively new,...
From Log4j to IIS, China's Hackers Turn Legacy Bugs into Global Espionage Tools
A China-linked threat actor has been attributed to a cyber attack targeting an U.S. non-profit organization with an aim to establish long-term persistence, as part of broader activity aimed at U.S. entities that are linked to or involved in policy issues. The organization, according to a report...
Microsoft Detects "SesameOp" Backdoor Using OpenAI's API as a Stealth Command Channel
Microsoft has disclosed details of a novel backdoor dubbed SesameOp that uses OpenAI Assistants Application Programming Interface API for command-and-control C2 communications. "Instead of relying on more traditional methods, the threat actor behind this backdoor abuses OpenAI as a C2 channel as ...
SesameOp: Novel backdoor uses OpenAI Assistants API for command and control
Microsoft Incident Response – Detection and Response Team DART researchers uncovered a new backdoor that is notable for its novel use of the OpenAI Assistants Application Programming Interface API as a mechanism for command-and-control C2 communications. Instead of relying on more traditional...
SesameOp: Novel backdoor uses OpenAI Assistants API for command and control
Microsoft Incident Response – Detection and Response Team DART researchers uncovered a new backdoor that is notable for its novel use of the OpenAI Assistants Application Programming Interface API as a mechanism for command-and-control C2 communications. Instead of relying on more traditional...
New HttpTroy Backdoor Poses as VPN Invoice in Targeted Cyberattack on South Korea
The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky has distributed a previously undocumented backdoor codenamed HttpTroy as part of a likely spear-phishing attack targeting a single victim in South Korea. Gen Digital, which disclosed details of the activity, did not reveal any details on when t...
APT36 Targets Indian Government with Golang-Based DeskRAT Malware Campaign
A Pakistan-nexus threat actor has been observed targeting Indian government entities as part of spear-phishing attacks designed to deliver a Golang-based malware known as DeskRAT. The activity, observed in August and September 2025 by Sekoia, has been attributed to Transparent Tribe aka APT36, a...
APT36 Targets Indian Government with Golang-Based DeskRAT Malware Campaign
A Pakistan-nexus threat actor has been observed targeting Indian government entities as part of spear-phishing attacks designed to deliver a Golang-based malware known as DeskRAT. The activity, observed in August and September 2025 by Sekoia, has been attributed to Transparent Tribe aka APT36, a...
CVE-2017-20203
NetSarang Xmanager Enterprise 5.0 Build 1232, Xmanager 5.0 Build 1045, Xshell 5.0 Build 1322, Xftp 5.0 Build 1218, and Xlpd 5.0 Build 1220 contain a malicious nssock2.dll that implements a multi-stage, DNS-based backdoor. The dormant library contacts a C2 DNS server via a specially crafted TXT...
CVE-2017-20203
NetSarang Xmanager Enterprise 5.0 Build 1232, Xmanager 5.0 Build 1045, Xshell 5.0 Build 1322, Xftp 5.0 Build 1218, and Xlpd 5.0 Build 1220 contain a malicious nssock2.dll that implements a multi-stage, DNS-based backdoor. The dormant library contacts a C2 DNS server via a specially crafted TXT...
CVE-2017-20203
Several NetSarang products, including Xmanager Enterprise 5.0 Build 1232 , Xmanager 5.0 Build 1045 , Xshell 5.0 Build 1322 , Xftp 5.0 Build 1218 , and Xlpd 5.0 Build 1220 , contain a malicious nssock2.dll file. This component functions as a multi-stage, DNS-based backdoor that remains dormant unt...
New ClayRat Spyware Targets Android Users via Fake WhatsApp and TikTok Apps
A rapidly evolving Android spyware campaign called ClayRat has targeted users in Russia using a mix of Telegram channels and lookalike phishing websites by impersonating popular apps like WhatsApp, Google Photos, TikTok, and YouTube as lures to install them. "Once active, the spyware can exfiltra...
CVE-2017-20201 CCleaner v5.33.6162 & CCleaner Cloud v1.07.3191 Malicious Backdoor Supply Chain Compromise
CCleaner v5.33.6162 and CCleaner Cloud v1.07.3191 32-bit builds contained a malicious pre-entry-point loader that diverts execution from scrtcommonmainseh into a custom loader. That loader decodes an embedded blob into shellcode, allocates executable heap memory, resolves Windows API functions at...
CVE-2025-34252
NetSarang Xmanager Enterprise 5.0 Build 1232, Xmanager 5.0 Build 1045, Xshell 5.0 Build 1322, Xftp 5.0 Build 1218, and Xlpd 5.0 Build 1220 contain a malicious nssock2.dll that implements a multi-stage, DNS-based backdoor. The dormant library contacts a C2 DNS server via a specially crafted TXT...
CVE-2025-34252
CVE-2025-34252 is a placeholder that has been reassigned to CVE-2017-20203. The connected Red Hat and NVD entries describe NetSarang Xmanager/Xshell/Xftp/Xlpd products affected by a malicious nssock2.dll that implements a DNS-based backdoor. The backdoor operates in multiple stages: a dormant lib...
EUVD-2020-0692
Malware in sbrugna...
EUVD-2021-21399
Malware in sbrugna...
PT-2025-41186
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NetSarang Xmanager Enterprise versions 5.0 Build 1232 through 5.0 Build 1236 NetSarang Xmanager versions 5.0 Build 1045 through 5.0 Build 1049 NetSarang Xshell versions 5.0 Build 1322 through 5.0 Build 1326 NetSarang Xftp versions 5.0 Build 12...
Vietnamese Hackers Use Fake Copyright Notices to Spread Lone None Stealer
New Lone None Stealer uses Telegram C2 and DLL side-loading to grab passwords, credit cards, and crypto. Find out how to spot this highly evasive phishing scam...
Malicious Package
Overview fasterlog is a malicious package. Two malicious Rust crates, fasterlog impersonates the legitimate fastlog library and asyncprintln attempt to scan source files for Quoted Ethereum private keys 0x + 64 hex, Solana-style Base58 secrets and Bracketed byte arrays to later exfiltrate matches...