⚡ Weekly Recap: Proxy Botnets, Browser Ransomware, AI Agent Tricks, Fake PoC Malware and More

A streaming box should not need a threat model. Neither should a username field, a demo repo, a reset flow, or a browser permission prompt. That is the irritating part this week: the risky pieces were ordinary. Home devices became a routing cover. Clean code pulled dirt from a dependency. Identit...

Suspected China-Nexus Hackers Use Fake Indian Tax Filing Utility to Deploy DcRAT

A suspected China-nexus threat activity cluster has been observed targeting Indian taxpayers, tax professionals, and corporate finance teams to deliver a remote access trojan designed to steal sensitive data from compromised hosts. The multi-stage campaign, codenamed Operation DragonReturn by...

When checking the URL isn’t enough: a Device Code Phishing attack via a Microsoft website

One of the most common pieces of anti-phishing advice is to double-check the website's domain name before providing your credentials. Typically, a fraudulent domain stands out to the trained eye, differing from the official URL by at least a few characters. Recently, however, we encountered a...

New TrojPix Attack Leaks Data From Air-Gapped Systems via Video Cable Emissions

Researchers at Shandong University have shown a fast new way to pull data off computers that are cut off from every network. The technique, called TrojPix, tweaks on-screen pixels in ways the eye cannot see, so that the video cable carrying them radiates a faint radio signal a nearby receiver can...

New Java-Based QuimaRAT MaaS Built to Run on Windows, Linux, and macOS

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a novel Java-based remote access trojan RAT called QuimaRAT that's capable of targeting Windows, Linux, and macOS environments. According to LevelBlue, the cross-platform malware is advertised under a malware-as-a-service MaaS model, costing anywhere between...

A week in security (June 29 – July 5)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Verified X ad spreads Mac malware, while ConsentFix steals Microsoft accounts Apple’s Hide My Email doesn’t hide it very well Fake Google and Cloudflare verification pages spread multiple malware families WinRAR flaw could allow attackers to take control of your...

SkillCloak Lets Malicious AI Agent Skills Evade Static Scanners with Self-Extracting Packing

Scanners meant to catch malicious add-on "skills" for AI coding agents can be fooled by a few simple changes that leave the malware working, according to a new study from researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Their strongest trick slipped past every scanner tested mor...

WordPress Product Slider Pro for WooCommerce < 3.5.4 - Supply Chain Backdoor RCE

Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input vulnerability in ShapedPlugin, LLC Product Slider Pro for WooCommerce allows Malicious Software Implanted. This issue affects Product Slider Pro for WooCommerce: from n/a before 3.5.4. id: CVE-2026-49777 info: name: WordPress Product Slider Pro f...

URL Shortify <= 1.12.1 - Open Redirect

The URL Shortify plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Open Redirect in all versions up to, and including, 1.12.1 due to insufficient validation on the 'redirectto' parameter in the promotional dismissal handler. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to redirect users to potentiall...

Frontend Post Submission Manager Lite <= 1.2.7 - Open Redirect

The Frontend Post Submission Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Open Redirection in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.7 due to insufficient validation on the 'requestedpage' POST parameter in the verifyusernamepassword function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated...

SpaceLogic C-Bus Home Controller <=1.31.460 - Remote Command Execution

SpaceLogic C-Bus Home Controller through 1.31.460 is susceptible to remote command execution via improper neutralization of special elements. Remote root exploit can be enabled when the command is compromised, and an attacker can potentially execute malware, obtain sensitive information, modify...

XWiki - Open Redirect

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. It is possible to bypass the existing security measures put in place to avoid open redirect by using a redirect such as //mydomain.com i.e. omitting the http:. It was also possible to bypass it when using URL...

OpenCms 14 & 15 - Open Redirect

Open redirect vulnerability has been found in the Open CMS product affecting versions 14 and 15 of the 'Mercury' template id: CVE-2023-6380 info: name: OpenCms 14 & 15 - Open Redirect author: MiguelSegoviaGil severity: medium description: | Open redirect vulnerability has been found in the Open C...

Analytics Insights for Google Analytics 4 < 6.3 - Open Redirect

The plugin is vulnerable to Open Redirect due to insufficient validation on the redirect oauth2callback.php file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to redirect users to potentially malicious sites if they can successfully trick them into performing an action. id: CVE-2024-0250...

PMB 7.4.6 - Open Redirect

PMB v7.4.6 contains an open redirect vulnerability via the component /opaccss/pmb.php. An attacker can redirect a user to an external domain via a crafted URL and thereby potentially obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations. id: CVE-2023-24735 info: name:...

OpenCATS - Open Redirect

OpenCATS contains an open redirect vulnerability due to improper validation of user-supplied GET parameters. This, in turn, exposes OpenCATS to possible template injection and obtaining sensitive information, modifying data, and/or executing unauthorized operations. id: CVE-2023-27292 info: name:...

Travelpayouts <= 1.1.16 - Open Redirect

The plugin is vulnerable to Open Redirect due to insufficient validation on the travelpayoutsredirect variable. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to redirect users to potentially malicious sites if they can successfully trick them into performing an action. id: CVE-2024-0337...

WordPress < 4.8.2 - Authenticated Open Redirect

WordPress versions before 4.8.2 contain an open redirect caused by improper validation in wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php and wp-admin/user-edit.php, letting attackers redirect users to malicious sites, exploit requires access to admin interface. id: CVE-2017-14725 info: name: WordPress 4.8.2 -...

HomeAutomation 3.3.2 - Open Redirect

HomeAutomation 3.3.2 contains a redirect vulnerability caused by improper verification of the 'redirect' GET parameter in 'api.php', letting attackers redirect users to arbitrary websites, exploit requires user interaction with a crafted link. id: CVE-2020-21998 info: name: HomeAutomation 3.3.2 -...

WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan < 8.9.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

The WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan WordPress plugin before 8.9.6 does not sanitise the $url variable before using it in an attribute in the Activity tab in the plugins dashboard, leading to an unauthenticated stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. id: CVE-2022-0429 info: name: W...