Embedded Malicious Code

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Embedded Malicious Code. This package was involved in a supply chain compromise that affected multiple namespaces on the npm registry, including popular caching and key-value storage utilities. A malicious actor compromised a maintainer...

CVE-2026-18644

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2026-08-03 20:58:05+00:00| seen| https://bsky.app/profile/malwareobserver.bsky.social/post/3ms7f7qkfl32q...

CVE-2026-68979

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2026-08-03 20:53:33+00:00| seen| https://bsky.app/profile/malwareobserver.bsky.social/post/3ms7exnbdm52g 2026-08-04 01:52:04+00:00| seen| https://bsky.app/profile/securityonline.bsky.social/post/3ms7vng7zoz24...

CVE-2026-38446

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2026-08-03 20:41:22+00:00| seen| https://bsky.app/profile/malwareobserver.bsky.social/post/3ms7ebtfrsn2j...

Google Password Manager Attacks Could Let Malware Hijack Passkey-Protected Accounts

Malware running as an ordinary user on a Windows machine can sign into a victim's passkey-protected accounts without a fingerprint, a PIN, or anything at all appearing on the victim's screen. Unit 42 detailed three attack paths against Chrome's Google Password Manager cloud authenticator, which i...

MAL-2026-11509 Malicious code in beaver-ui-items-with-more (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 6c1daccfac428195187be33025eb0f9094d2196ca643e3eb339e74a24c215ba1 The package's declared postinstall node setup.js and its main entry index.js which unconditionally calls require'./setup' fetch a platform-specific...

Malicious code in accounts-final-form (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector a7e67b952090179c0e7ed57045bf117d0cc14ca7d832ddce2963c4f2049b66bb Requiring accounts-final-form auto-runs setup.js via process.nextTickbootstrap in index.js. setup.js selects a platform-specific asset path...

FOMO in the SOC: Where AI Platforms like Claude Actually Fit

AI is moving incredibly fast, and every security leader is feeling the pressure to keep up. AI platforms like Claude, Codex and Cursor are already helping security teams write detections, investigate alerts, summarize incidents, and automate repetitive work. The conversation has evolved from...

Chinese Threat Actor Uses Leaked DarkSword Kit to Deploy GHOSTBLADE on iOS

An unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor has been observed running a campaign targeting Apple iOS devices by leveraging a publicly leaked version of the DarkSword exploit kit. Attack surface management platform Censys said it identified the threat actor running more than 100 web properties, most ...

A week in security (July 27 – August 2)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Fake Fortnite rewards are stealing players’ accounts Fake Flash Player installs AtlasRAT Malwarebytes for Windows, now available on the Microsoft Store Hims & Hers sued over alleged health data privacy failures Hidden prompt turns Microsoft Copilot into an AI worm...

MAL-2026-11487 Malicious code in tailwindcss-anim (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector e01f26860cd01782ea3614f8dd2d144ced75af610edac79984c24d67dee41d8a index.js hides a base64-encoded payload after a long run of tab characters and executes it via evalatob... at module load, so any require/import of t...

Malicious code in tailwindcss-anim (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector e01f26860cd01782ea3614f8dd2d144ced75af610edac79984c24d67dee41d8a index.js hides a base64-encoded payload after a long run of tab characters and executes it via evalatob... at module load, so any require/import of t...

Malicious code in simple-date-formatter-util-2 (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector e2102f256bd17b2a80b2157371bee5a3cc1d9c49484aaef694a094218c2a7bac The package.json postinstall script runs on every npm install and uses curl to probe cloud instance-metadata services AWS 169.254.169.254, Alibaba...

MAL-2026-11484 Malicious code in simple-date-formatter-util-1 (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector f633eec2e322fce0493ff996493eebe8036c628be4ab0caf4844928d6ccdf10f Package advertises itself as a date formatting utility but ships an active install-time exfiltration payload. package.json declares a postinstall hoo...

CVE-2026-18573

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2026-08-02 10:08:30+00:00| seen| https://bsky.app/profile/malwareobserver.bsky.social/post/3ms3qhbd6vx2g...

On the Performance of Malware Detection Classifiers Using Hardware Performance Counters

Malware detection using Hardware Performance Counters HPC has emerged as a promising solution to improve the security of computing systems as a complement to antivirus software. Hardware-based malware detectors HMD use Machine Learning ML classifiers to detect malicious application patterns. The...

Performance Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting Malware

Malware poses a persistent and evolving threat to modern computing systems, making accurate and timely detection a critical cybersecurity challenge. Traditional signature-based antivirus solutions often fail to identify newly emerging malware, leaving systems vulnerable until updated signatures...

Apkx-Hunter v2.6.0

APKX-Hunter v2.7.1 — Debian Package APKX-Hunter is an open-source Android Static Analysis Framework written entirely in C , purpose-built for Android security assessments, reverse engineering, malware analysis, OWASP MASVS compliance scanning, bug bounty hunting, and penetration testing. The...

CVE-2026-67344

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2026-08-01 15:20:24+00:00| seen| https://bsky.app/profile/malwareobserver.bsky.social/post/3mrzrg36jmq2d 2026-08-01 22:26:23+00:00| seen| https://bsky.app/profile/kriptabiz.bsky.social/post/3ms2j7rm62d25 2026-08-01 22:26:40+00:00| seen|...

Hijacked Hotel Wi-Fi Pushes Fake Updates to Deliver Surveillance Malware

A fake browser update served over hijacked hotel Wi-Fi has been used to deliver CornFlake , a remote access trojan RAT that can capture webcam images, microphone audio, and keystrokes, Microsoft said in its latest report. Researchers track the operation as CaptiveCrunch and attribute it to...