On the Consistency of GNN Explanations for Malware Detection

Control Flow Graphs CFGs are critical for analyzing program execution and characterizing malware behavior. With the growing adoption of Graph Neural Networks GNNs, CFG-based representations have proven highly effective for malware detection. This study proposes a novel framework that dynamically...

Zero Day Malware Detection with Alpha: Fast DBI with Transformer Models for Real World Application

The effectiveness of an AI model in accurately classifying novel malware hinges on the quality of the features it is trained on, which in turn depends on the effectiveness of the analysis tool used. Peekaboo, a Dynamic Binary Instrumentation DBI tool, defeats malware evasion techniques to capture...

MAL-2025-3240 Malicious code in fatfingers-hahayeet (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware ab10b9a2ff027ef8bfac4c8953e64c6a24e799afecb082e727da93d58fd0cb47 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

CVE-2025-0121 Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Crash the Agent

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR agent on Windows devices allows a low-privileged local Windows user to crash the agent. Additionally, malware can use this vulnerability to perform malicious activity without Cortex XDR being able to detect it...

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Crash the Agent

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR agent on Windows devices allows a low-privileged local Windows user to crash the agent. Additionally, malware can use this vulnerability to perform malicious activity without Cortex XDR being able to detect it. Work...

Operation ForumTroll: APT attack with Google Chrome zero-day exploit chain

In mid-March 2025, Kaspersky technologies detected a wave of infections by previously unknown and highly sophisticated malware. In all cases, infection occurred immediately after the victim clicked on a link in a phishing email, and the attackers' website was opened using the Google Chrome web...

MAL-2025-2654 Malicious code in cdn-icon-fetch (npm)

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MAL-2025-2492 Malicious code in @theoretical123/ssh2 (npm)

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StilachiRAT analysis: From system reconnaissance to cryptocurrency theft

In November 2024, Microsoft Incident Response researchers uncovered a novel remote access trojan RAT we named StilachiRAT that demonstrates sophisticated techniques to evade detection, persist in the target environment, and exfiltrate sensitive data. Analysis of the StilachiRAT’s...

MAL-2025-2353 Malicious code in @sheingroup/loveshiro (npm)

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Malwarebytes Premium Security awarded “Product of the Year” from AVLab

Malwarebytes Premium Security has once again been awarded “Product of the Year” after successfully blocking 100% of “in-the-wild” malware samples. The samples were deployed in multiple, consecutive third-party tests conducted by the AVLab Cybersecurity Foundation. AVLab commended Malwarebytes for...

MAL-2025-2014 Malicious code in configs-web-react (npm)

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MAL-2025-1605 Malicious code in liquidity-bridge-contract (npm)

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MAL-2025-1489 Malicious code in list-files-in-pr (npm)

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MAL-2025-1463 Malicious code in sysaid-infra-analytics (npm)

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SUSE-SU-2025:0328-1 Security update for clamav

This update for clamav fixes the following issues: New version 1.4.2: CVE-2025-20128, bsc1236307: Fixed a possible buffer overflow read bug in the OLE2 file parser that could cause a denial-of-service DoS condition. - Start clamonacc with --fdpass to avoid errors due to clamd not being able to...

MAL-2024-12070 Malicious code in yb2bacceleratorstorefront-web (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis 7d6b9ec48a872ef195c69f3ecee359b142d1f9bb683a236c67a0c96876efafd0 The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'yb2bacceleratorstorefront-web' @ 1.0.0 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious because: -...

Ongoing Phishing and Malware Campaigns in December 2024

Cyber attackers never stop inventing new ways to compromise their targets. That's why organizations must stay updated on the latest threats. Here's a quick rundown of the current malware and phishing attacks you need to know about to safeguard your infrastructure before they reach you. Zero-day...

Malicious code in docs-ux (npm)

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Detecting Pegasus Infections

This tool seems to do a pretty good job. The company's Mobile Threat Hunting feature uses a combination of malware signature-based detection, heuristics, and machine learning to look for anomalies in iOS and Android device activity or telltale signs of spyware infection. For paying iVerify...