Fake GTA 6 Early Access Websites Target Gamers with Malware and Crypto Scams

GTA 6 scams are luring fans with fake early access, crypto payments and malware downloads. Learn why PC and Android gamers face the biggest risks online today...

Introduction to COM usage by Windows threats

Component Object Model COM is a fundamental Windows technology used by legitimate applications for object activation, inter-process communication, automation and language-independent component reuse. Those same qualities make it useful to threat actors. Malware frequently uses COM interfaces for...

New Gaslight macOS Malware Uses Prompt Injection to Disrupt AI-Assisted Analysis

A previously undocumented Rust-based macOS implant and information stealer has been found to embed a prompt injection payload designed to trick a malware analyst's artificial intelligence AI tools and trick it into aborting or refusing an analysis of the artifact. The malware has been codenamed...

New Mistic Backdoor Linked to KongTuke in ClickFix and ModeloRAT Campaigns

A new, stealthy backdoor named Mistic has been deployed as part of suspected financially motivated attacks aimed at multiple organizations spanning insurance, education, IT, and professional services sectors since April 2026. According to Symantec and Carbon Black's Threat Hunter Team, the...

Malicious code in @su-doughnym/loginui (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 5768349705baa7b448fddb22d17412ce7befdaedd68b2e91a452eb6521e0bc66 Package self-identifies as a HubSpot dependency-confusion proof-of-concept and is published at version 99.99.99 — a typical high-version-pin used to...

MAL-2026-6410 Malicious code in @su-doughnym/react-dlb (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 2269beae8c30caccda966ca3aba35c3eddb4795fba0161045f14758ff150f58b Package self-identifies as a dependency-confusion bug-bounty proof-of-concept and is published at version 99.99.99 to win resolution priority over an...

Malicious code in nabisco (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 9d0ed482ca35ed621384d6d91c398fe605352571a710d8f4222af056cedf48bb Package self-describes as a security PoC for dependency confusion targeting an internal HubSpot module name. On install, postinstall.js prints a...

Malicious code in two-factor-prompt-lib (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 95ebb96758f051c0a5a1c8fe97fb05c898f2489f4567fb64fbd271eb103dcadc Package self-identifies as a dependency-confusion proof-of-concept aimed at an internal/private package name. The postinstall script postinstall.js...

Malicious code in data-fetching-client (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 913d882d66d587abb1d6fe92b8b6d7353c1b4ae79fb175cc3f10b606dd5f8457 Package self-identifies in its package.json description as a bug-bounty dependency-confusion proof-of-concept against an internal package name of the...

Lynis Auditing Tool 3.1.7

Lynis is an auditing tool for Unix specialists. It scans the system and available software to detect security issues. Beside security related information it will also scan for general system information, installed packages and configuration mistakes. This software aims in assisting automated...

DroidBreaker: Practical and Functional Problem-Space Attacks on Machine-Learning Android Malware Detectors

Adversarial APKs are Android applications modified in the problem space to evade machine-learning malware detectors. In this work, we first show that, despite claims, existing problem-space attacks remain largely impractical. Most techniques leverage software transplantation to inject entire beni...

Malicious code in rstreams-metrics (npm)

The rstreams-metrics npm package was compromised as part of the Miasma worm campaign targeting the LeoPlatform npm ecosystem. On June 24, 2026, 20 LeoPlatform packages were published within a 3-second window by a threat actor who had taken over the npm account czirker belonging to the LeoPlatform...

Malicious code in syco1 (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector e43be65a0930b121cf4d610c70b2d07165e4d335dece4344590b471d078fa5b5 Package self-describes as a 'System binary configuration tool' but ships a covert screen and clipboard surveillance overlay. pointer.py captures...

Embedded Malicious Code

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Embedded Malicious Code linked to a variant of the "Miasma" supply chain attack targeting the LeoPlatform npm ecosystem. A malicious actor compromised a legitimate maintainer account and used it to publish infected versions of this...

Operation Endgame Disrupts StealC, Amadey and SocGholish Malware Networks

Operation Endgame disrupts StealC malware infrastructure, seizing millions of stolen credentials and targeting servers used in global cybercrime campaigns...

Amadey and StealC Malware Network Disrupted, 27M Stolen Credentials Recovered

A coordinated law enforcement operation, in partnership with private sector companies, including Bitdefender, Bitsight, ESET, and Microsoft, has resulted in the takedown of criminal infrastructure powering Amadey and StealC. "The main common goal was to disrupt the 'assembly lines' cybercriminals...

MAL-2026-6399 Malicious code in normalize-plus (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector a8d9638f9c3f81ac15972cf2ff227b2d426a72c5e37035e54402648fe8120675 On import, normalize-plus's top-level initPlugin performs an HTTP GET against https://jsonkeeper.com/b/CI3HT, parses the JSON response, and evaluates...

StealC and Amadey: Breaking down infostealers and the cybercrime services that deliver them

In this article 1. The role of infostealers: From credential theft to intrusion 2. StealC: Infostealer for rent 3. Amadey: Malware-as-a-service for delivery of infostealers 4. Defending against StealC and Amadey intrusions 5. Microsoft Defender detections 6. Indicators of compromise Infostealers...

StealC and Amadey: Breaking down infostealers and the cybercrime services that deliver them

In this article 1. The role of infostealers: From credential theft to intrusion 2. StealC: Infostealer for rent 3. Amadey: Malware-as-a-service for delivery of infostealers 4. Defending against StealC and Amadey intrusions 5. Microsoft Defender detections 6. Indicators of compromise Infostealers...

“Total access to all your devices.” Sextortion scammers strike again

At the moment, we’re seeing all kinds of sextortion emails. The scam is cheap to run, easy to automate, and apparently profitable enough that cybercriminals keep using it. Some criminals put more effort into their messages than others. Sextortion emails are messages claiming that scammers recorde...