Showboat Linux Malware Hits Middle East Telecom with SOCKS5 Proxy Backdoor

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Linux malware dubbed Showboat that has been put to use in a campaign targeting a telecommunications provider in the Middle East since at least mid-2022. "Showboat is a modular post-exploitation framework designed for Linux systems, capable...

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VoidLink Linux Malware Framework Built with AI Assistance Reaches 88,000 Lines of Code

The recently discovered sophisticated Linux malware framework known as VoidLink is assessed to have been developed by a single person with assistance from an artificial intelligence AI model. That's according to new findings from Check Point Research, which identified operational security blunder...

New China Linked VoidLink Linux Malware Targets Major Cloud Providers

Researchers have discovered VoidLink, a sophisticated new Linux malware framework designed to infiltrate AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. Learn how this Chinese-affiliated toolkit uses adaptive stealth to stay hidden...

New Advanced Linux VoidLink Malware Targets Cloud and container Environments

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously undocumented and feature-rich malware framework codenamed VoidLink that's specifically designed for long-term, stealthy access to Linux-based cloud environments According to a new report from Check Point Research, the cloud-native...

China-Linked UAT-7290 Targets Telecoms with Linux Malware and ORB Nodes

A China-nexus threat actor known as UAT-7290 has been attributed to espionage-focused intrusions against entities in South Asia and Southeastern Europe. The activity cluster, which has been active since at least 2022, primarily focuses on extensive technical reconnaissance of target organizations...

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Wi-Fi Hack, npm Worm, DeFi Theft, Phishing Blasts— and 15 More Stories

Think your Wi-Fi is safe? Your coding tools? Or even your favorite financial apps? This week proves again how hackers, companies, and governments are all locked in a nonstop race to outsmart each other. Here's a quick rundown of the latest cyber stories that show how fast the game keeps changing...

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...

EUVD-2025-13634

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

CHILLYHELL macOS Backdoor and ZynorRAT RAT Threaten macOS, Windows, and Linux Systems

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malware families, including a modular Apple macOS backdoor called CHILLYHELL and a Go-based remote access trojan RAT named ZynorRAT that can target both Windows and Linux systems. According to an analysis from Jamf Threat Labs, ChillyHell is writt...

Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a novel attack chain that employs phishing emails to deliver an open-source backdoor called VShell. The "Linux-specific malware infection chain that starts with a spam email with a malicious RAR archive file," Trellix researcher Sagar Bade said in a...

Malicious Go, npm Packages Deliver Cross-Platform Malware, Trigger Remote Data Wipes

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of 11 malicious Go packages that are designed to download additional payloads from remote servers and execute them on both Windows and Linux systems. "At runtime the code silently spawns a shell, pulls a second-stage payload from an interchangeable...

New 'Plague' PAM Backdoor Exposes Critical Linux Systems to Silent Credential Theft

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux backdoor dubbed Plague that has managed to evade detection for a year. "The implant is built as a malicious PAM Pluggable Authentication Module, enabling attackers to silently bypass system authentication and gain persistent S...

Pakistan’s Transparent Tribe Hits Indian Defence with Linux Malware

Pakistan’s APT36 Transparent Tribe uses phishing and Linux malware to target Indian defence systems running BOSS Linux says Cyfirma...

Chaos RAT Malware Targets Windows and Linux via Fake Network Tool Downloads

Threat hunters are calling attention to a new variant of a remote access trojan RAT called Chaos RAT that has been used in recent attacks targeting Windows and Linux systems. According to findings from Acronis, the malware artifact may have been distributed by tricking victims into downloading a...

CVE-2025-26262

An issue in the component /internals/functions of R-fx Networks Linux Malware Detect v1.6.5 allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code via supplying a file that contains a crafted filename...

CVE-2025-26262

An issue in the component /internals/functions of R-fx Networks Linux Malware Detect v1.6.5 allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code via supplying a file that contains a crafted filename...

CVE-2025-26262

An issue in the component /internals/functions of R-fx Networks Linux Malware Detect v1.6.5 allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code via supplying a file that contains a crafted filename...

linux-malware-detect 安全漏洞

linux-malware-detect is a Linux malware detection LMD tool by Ryan MacDonald, an individual developer. A security vulnerability exists in linux-malware-detect version 1.6.5, which stems from an elevation of privilege and could lead to the execution of arbitrary code...