To buy or not to buy: How cybercriminals capitalize on Black Friday

The global e‑commerce market is accelerating faster than ever before, driven by expanding online retail, and rising consumer adoption worldwide. According to McKinsey Global Institute, global e‑commerce is projected to grow by 7–9% annually through 2040. At Kaspersky, we track how this surge in...

Malicious code in @posthog/cli (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 57662af8290901771cf534d8b1ca05ca88dfd84054580144d934f730549a4653 The package @posthog/cli was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware e663c40b9060088ff86ea24eec083b9b5bf8afdec2e1963895e47e5177a673d1 A...

Malicious code in @asyncapi/multi-parser (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 8fca41600409d9446c4771677d000e0c23cb7f5a5d876cff66c762472d477bae The package @asyncapi/multi-parser was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware...

Malicious code in @asyncapi/modelina (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector b6021816ea47fd6743ed24c196df8db60f0649e0d5b185ceb9b418ba457b21e3 The package @asyncapi/modelina was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware...

ShadowPad Malware Actively Exploits WSUS Vulnerability for Full System Access

A recently patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows Server Update Services WSUS has been exploited by threat actors to distribute a malware known as ShadowPad. "The attacker targeted Windows Servers with WSUS enabled, exploiting CVE-2025-59287 for initial access," AhnLab Security Intelligence...

MAL-2025-190630 Malicious code in parse-session (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 8e6800038c1b56247a0767faecf501d0c74de134197bb0edbae2d27b8a958547 The package parse-session was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware 5b04d6ff25ce91de5057fed89547b08687055f2ca7a217a2886eecb79c06f9e9...

Malicious code in tailwind-inquirer (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 9713ae723aefcab52d65da5c1473fffe7835c37849c133d7cecffa7ba7284e66 The package tailwind-inquirer was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware...

Malicious code in lion-second-package (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 0070c2e566c699a1be9bf159d90a6b42fad16d6c4f74b7315c262ed5e5897f09 The package lion-second-package was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware...

Accuracy and Efficiency Trade-Offs in LLM-Based Malware Detection and Explanation: A Comparative Study of Parameter Tuning Vs. Full Fine-Tuning

This study examines whether Low-Rank Adaptation LoRA fine-tuned Large Language Models LLMs can approximate the performance of fully fine-tuned models in generating human-interpretable decisions and explanations for malware classification. Achieving trustworthy malware detection, particularly when...

Synthetic Data: AI'S New Weapon against Android Malware

The ever-increasing number of Android devices and the accelerated evolution of malware, reaching over 35 million samples by 2024, highlight the critical importance of effective detection methods. Attackers are now using Artificial Intelligence to create sophisticated malware variations that can...

Malicious code in minizip (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 33ba100525dffc7a828e4b7384f862ff22dfb55d2e7d61a34c0d31ecdff64c10 During initialization of the archive-support class, the package starts code from another file and downloads multi-stage malware --- Category: MALICIOUS - The...

MAL-2025-191792 Malicious code in minizip (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 33ba100525dffc7a828e4b7384f862ff22dfb55d2e7d61a34c0d31ecdff64c10 During initialization of the archive-support class, the package starts code from another file and downloads multi-stage malware --- Category: MALICIOUS - The...

MAL-2025-191918 Malicious code in uuzip (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 bbfdf99ece618455cadb15bcd6d0d6a93707bd72278a58834e74eb88094279ee During initialization of the archive-support class, the package starts code from another file and downloads multi-stage malware --- Category: MALICIOUS - The...

MAL-2025-191799 Malicious code in mzip (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 cfa6ef3ee944ed5eef4429c7c9ec9488d9c2c70be6435ee1019851527272a9e4 During initialization of the archive-support class, the package starts code from another file and downloads multi-stage malware --- Category: MALICIOUS - The...

Malicious code in mzip (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 cfa6ef3ee944ed5eef4429c7c9ec9488d9c2c70be6435ee1019851527272a9e4 During initialization of the archive-support class, the package starts code from another file and downloads multi-stage malware --- Category: MALICIOUS - The...

Malicious code in uzip (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 ee20087db4a86ce68765ba8046732e8f1fc906c58a0303e836429a63788dc97f During initialization of the archive-support class, the package starts code from another file and downloads multi-stage malware --- Category: MALICIOUS - The...

MAL-2025-191919 Malicious code in uzip (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 ee20087db4a86ce68765ba8046732e8f1fc906c58a0303e836429a63788dc97f During initialization of the archive-support class, the package starts code from another file and downloads multi-stage malware --- Category: MALICIOUS - The...

Malicious code in @eagleview/ev-mapviewer-interactions (npm)

Package is malware. It exfiltrates sensitive info, executes arbitrary code during install, and matches multiple YARA rules. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector e2d7da79dc7cea55b1c51c17952322ec30f3d03000a7b075252e9f74084a7a06 The package...

MAL-2025-190621 Malicious code in @eagleview/ev-mapviewer-interactions (npm)

Package is malware. It exfiltrates sensitive info, executes arbitrary code during install, and matches multiple YARA rules. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector e2d7da79dc7cea55b1c51c17952322ec30f3d03000a7b075252e9f74084a7a06 The package...

New Sturnus Android Malware Reads WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal Chats via Accessibility Abuse

Sturnus, an advanced Android banking trojan, has been discovered by ThreatFabric. Learn how this malware bypasses end-to-end encryption on Signal and WhatsApp, steals bank credentials using fake screens, and executes fraudulent transactions...