Iranian APT ‘Prince of Persia’ Resurfaces With New Tools and Targets

SafeBreach reports the resurgence of the Iranian APT group Prince of Persia Infy. Discover how these state-sponsored hackers are now using Telegram bots and Thunder and Lightning malware to target victims globally across Europe, India, and Canada...

Kimsuky Spreads DocSwap Android Malware via QR Phishing Posing as Delivery App

The North Korean threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to a new campaign that distributes a new variant of Android malware called DocSwap via QR codes hosted on phishing sites mimicking Seoul-based logistics firm CJ Logistics formerly CJ Korea Express. "The threat actor leveraged QR codes...

ShadyPanda: The Silent Browser Takeover Threat and How Qualys TruRisk Eliminate Helps You Stop It

Executive Summary ShadyPanda has exploited trusted browser extensions to compromise millions of users, illustrating how legitimate software can unexpectedly become harmful. Qualys TruRisk Eliminate empowers organizations to identify risky behaviors, prioritize real threats, and eliminate maliciou...

New ClickFix Attack Uses Fake Browser Fix to Install DarkGate Malware

Researchers at Point Wild have discovered a new ClickFix attack campaign that tricks users into manually installing DarkGate malware via fake browser extension alerts. Learn how this attack bypasses security by using the Windows Run box and how you can stay safe...

Inside a purchase order PDF phishing campaign

A PDF named "NEW Purchase Order 52177236.pdf" turned out to be a phishing lure. So we analyzed the phishing script behind it. A customer contacted me when Malwarebytes blocked the link inside a “purchase order” email they had received. Malwarebytes blocked this ionoscloud.com subdomain When I...

GhostPoster Malware Found in 17 Firefox Add-ons with 50,000+ Downloads

A new campaign named GhostPoster has leveraged logo files associated with 17 Mozilla Firefox browser add-ons to embed malicious JavaScript code designed to hijack affiliate links, inject tracking code, and commit click and ad fraud. The extensions have been collectively downloaded over 50,000...

Quantum Machine Learning for Cybersecurity: A Taxonomy and Future Directions

The increasing number of cyber threats and rapidly evolving tactics, as well as the high volume of data in recent years, have caused classical machine learning, rules, and signature-based defence strategies to fail, rendering them unable to keep up. An alternative, Quantum Machine Learning QML, h...

Packed Malware Detection Using Grayscale Binary-To-Image Representations

Detecting packed executables is a critical step in malware analysis, as packing obscures the original code and complicates static inspection. This study evaluates both classical feature-based methods and deep learning approaches that transform binary executables into visual representations,...

Malicious Package

Overview yb2bacceleratorstorefront-web is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content was removed from the official package manager. While this package might be attempting to impersonate a valid organization, there is no connection between that organization and this...

Android mobile adware surges in second half of 2025

Android users spent 2025 walking a tighter rope than ever, with malware, data‑stealing apps, and SMS‑borne scams all climbing sharply while attackers refined their business models around mobile data and access. Looking back, we may view 2025 as the year when one-off scams were replaced on the sco...

React2Shell Vulnerability Actively Exploited to Deploy Linux Backdoors

The security vulnerability known as React2Shell is being exploited by threat actors to deliver malware families like KSwapDoor and ZnDoor, according to findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 and NTT Security. "KSwapDoor is a professionally engineered remote access tool designed with stealth in...

Malicious code in bigmathlib (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 29e535ed570f999285684c4f2a79ce262d460a98329790e34f433542070b9298 The package bigmathlib was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware d73c91abd6a323d119e598928fc613100786424177806e36bb5ebd15f666de3e Any...

Malicious code in dubbo-js-private-workspace (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 5d7718e849fa01a112b317438650757b783681fbb3361ec73154005719f6f892 The package dubbo-js-private-workspace was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware...

Malicious code in openhands-frontend (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 3094854e6f43f64c218e6ccdf21f319cff916fef4a412442faccf4b9cd616fe9 The package openhands-frontend was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware...

MAL-2025-192592 Malicious code in nad-home (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 34249dc2bb9d97e2f560efbcef33d2f0f0de8cb15f9c66a984697700d6b92d43 The package nad-home was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware 5d84934ad23672579c5ab6e2f431b6f1b99a7a8f0e872a628503037c6298f8d4 Any...

MAL-2025-192594 Malicious code in prod-natwest (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector cd39817ff9b18b049493c5014a7a0d4f69bd3cf2f4f2a2aebff64453e6ca7519 The package prod-natwest was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware efa89a8af6324d2f6726e938c72b64a0b9a1ffbe7788455e95c7ff05752aba50 A...

Malicious code in prod-natwest (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector cd39817ff9b18b049493c5014a7a0d4f69bd3cf2f4f2a2aebff64453e6ca7519 The package prod-natwest was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware efa89a8af6324d2f6726e938c72b64a0b9a1ffbe7788455e95c7ff05752aba50 A...

Malicious code in elf-stats-fuzzy-wreath-278 (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector de72f83ee4c58e98151bb08bdad43674b0ee28f24618856adaf402b3e2ddbcd9 The package elf-stats-fuzzy-wreath-278 was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware...

MAL-2025-192588 Malicious code in elf-stats-fuzzy-wreath-278 (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector de72f83ee4c58e98151bb08bdad43674b0ee28f24618856adaf402b3e2ddbcd9 The package elf-stats-fuzzy-wreath-278 was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware...

Malicious code in swissid-common (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 68ce12ad99bb87750b22a3aa2c0d4bae036e647f446f6c05eb46b7fad1571d13 The package swissid-common was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware 2657ec223bbf476c870a3f34e60928d95b1512176e7762f2c01a9aa759f75d98...