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...

Malicious code in rapidsearch (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector a5b7fbd87a3c4bf6ff1e7b748244b062b46f850a7f7e034bd460c17668fa99c5 The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code Source: ghsa-malware...

Malicious code in multer-express (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 50b4df9cf15644bbea3ed944cbf168fdbad1619d0c3e10fff653b0d48c10bbb3 Package name 'multer-express' is similar to the widely used 'multer' middleware for Express. No malicious code patterns, install-time hooks, or...

MAL-2026-6388 Malicious code in rapidsearch (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector a5b7fbd87a3c4bf6ff1e7b748244b062b46f850a7f7e034bd460c17668fa99c5 The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code Source: ghsa-malware...

MAL-2026-6387 Malicious code in multer-express (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 50b4df9cf15644bbea3ed944cbf168fdbad1619d0c3e10fff653b0d48c10bbb3 Package name 'multer-express' is similar to the widely used 'multer' middleware for Express. No malicious code patterns, install-time hooks, or...

MAL-2026-6386 Malicious code in evmdotjs (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 2593392b2cb94ce2e63327e486ec5c1a2a738c76283c6b1958aa2b23a1cc7b0f Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

Malicious code in macos-ci-utils (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 8f342b002e02396d7f82ee89e77140204c35b673411afd05bc1b3ca91c895a06 On first require of the package, index.js decodes a base64-encoded URL https://api.ingress-hub.com/cdn/assets/update.pkg and downloads the response t...

Malware in html-to-gutenberg

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outsid...

Malware Distribution Via Browser-in-the-Browser Kit

Unit42 From Palo Alto Networks has discovered a Browser-in-the-Browser BitB campaign specifically tailored for malware delivery...

YARA-X 1.19.0

YARA-X is a re-incarnation of YARA, a pattern matching tool designed with malware researchers in mind. This new incarnation intends to be faster, safer and more user-friendly than its predecessor. The ultimate goal of YARA-X is replacing YARA as the default pattern matching tool for malware...

MAL-2026-6357 Malicious code in theme-color-picker (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector f7a4ba7e8664b9e1d99c4018963a4731d591653d7f2a9b879ba090e7a7f6e7bd Although the package presents itself as a 'theme color picker', package.json identifies the publisher as analysis-chart.io with repository...

darknet-mcp-server

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Malicious code in ts-bn-lint-helper (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 8847a06a4d25b751ec7d33732a23324a42d7b2775ce441811623500b7b60f267 Package masquerades as a TypeScript lint helper but ships a credential-harvesting payload in index.js. The exported fromstr recursively walks...

MAL-2026-6328 Malicious code in @muaththir/api (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 66954b91179d60bfbf1c18e8ed8ed9e6b12ab7b13bc6ab2a4174c3bf063c2c0a On npm install, the package's preinstall lifecycle hook runs node index.js, which collects host identifiers os.userInfo.username, process.cwd, Node...

Malicious Package

Overview backoffice-charges-module 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...

Malicious code in @muaththir/api (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 66954b91179d60bfbf1c18e8ed8ed9e6b12ab7b13bc6ab2a4174c3bf063c2c0a On npm install, the package's preinstall lifecycle hook runs node index.js, which collects host identifiers os.userInfo.username, process.cwd, Node...

MAL-2026-6324 Malicious code in web3-crypto-address-utils (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 36cd7750ff28e527c0a147330b21275364e997713a22a026e74dffb81cb9b123 [email protected] advertises itself as a multi-chain wallet address validator but ships an active crypto stealer that fires automatical...

Inside the dark web: Stolen identities for 95¢, malware, and scams-for-hire

Most people have heard of the dark web, but few understand what it actually looks like or what goes on there. To separate fact from fiction, our research team spent 48 hours exploring it firsthand and documenting what we found. The dark web isn't inherently bad. It also serves legitimate purposes...

MAL-2026-6336 Malicious code in sync-external (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector dc297a0deaba794fdbfccc280a79c7cc895f21fc4e0122b1fba1bc4759b66c3f The package ships an obfuscated JavaScript file at shim/index.js using hex-style identifier mangling 0x391f3f, 0x3eff0a, 0x534564, etc. characteristi...