AI as tradecraft: How threat actors operationalize AI

In this article 1. AI as an enabler for cyberattacks 2. Post-compromise misuse of AI 3. Emerging trends 4. Mitigation guidance for AI-enabled threats 5. Microsoft Defender detections Threat actors are operationalizing AI along the cyberattack lifecycle to accelerate tradecraft, abusing both...

MAL-2026-1271 Malicious code in qq-console (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 36b7c7e205593904f0312eb58b4ae4c3408be0fa15765f56202d0dd1496e1068 The package qq-console was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware 8d42978b74e205fd80200d64d43b201bc456c4a8ae51ae16b875baef624c67cf Any...

Malicious code in qq-console (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 36b7c7e205593904f0312eb58b4ae4c3408be0fa15765f56202d0dd1496e1068 The package qq-console was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware 8d42978b74e205fd80200d64d43b201bc456c4a8ae51ae16b875baef624c67cf Any...

Transparent Tribe Uses AI to Mass-Produce Malware Implants in Campaign Targeting India

The Pakistan-aligned threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has become the latest hacking group to embrace artificial intelligence AI-powered coding tools to strike targets with various implants. The activity is designed to produce a "high-volume, mediocre mass of implants" that are developed...

Malicious code in @shenira/baileys (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 3952357e13678bb1abb18600854c622a3c5596cff93e8cc3ba309a6f51fccb1f The package @shenira/baileys was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware a2914e7416552719c1008f077553702efc5d7710bc760aa34eeaeede86535b...

Multi-Stage VOID#GEIST Malware Delivering XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a multi-stage malware campaign that uses batch scripts as a pathway to deliver various encrypted remote access trojan RATs payloads that correspond to XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT. The stealthy attack chain has been codenamed VOIDGEIST by...

Beware of fake OpenClaw installers, even if Bing points you to GitHub

Attackers are abusing OpenClaw’s popularity by seeding fake “installers” on GitHub, boosted by Bing AI search results, to deliver infostealers and proxy malware instead of the AI assistant users were looking for. OpenClaw is an open‑source, self‑hosted AI agent that runs locally on your machine...

Fake CleanMyMac site installs SHub Stealer and backdoors crypto wallets

A convincing fake version of the popular Mac utility CleanMyMac is tricking users into installing malware. The site instructs visitors to paste a command into Terminal. If they do, it installs SHub Stealer, macOS malware designed to steal sensitive data including saved passwords, browser data,...

MAL-2026-1259 Malicious code in pino-sdk-v2 (npm)

Malware detected: Exfiltrates .env file keys to Discord webhook. Impersonates legit pino package with modified malicious package/lib/tools.js. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 093fa98258b33a735216506ea119532a3cc24c92359028b4bb1955d0b712951a The...

Malicious code in pino-sdk-v2 (npm)

Malware detected: Exfiltrates .env file keys to Discord webhook. Impersonates legit pino package with modified malicious package/lib/tools.js. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 093fa98258b33a735216506ea119532a3cc24c92359028b4bb1955d0b712951a The...

CVE-2026-28801

Natro Macro is an open-source Bee Swarm Simulator macro written in AutoHotkey. Prior to version 1.1.0, any ahk code contained inside of a pattern or path file is executed by the macro. Since users commonly share path/pattern files, an attacker could share a file containing malicious code, which i...

Exploit for CVE-2024-3912

Why? Publishing because Mirai are a bunch of irrit...

Malicious code in tether-dev-docs (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector b0d07b28a3afe4c020244ad7d5415342f3d62c4436107a5d764307d102b193ef The package tether-dev-docs was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware 57a6db50523e4b656bdec519331a0443d43f1f9ae2dd91e5e1a1ee5ab6cc5ed...

YARA-X 1.14.0

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...

Before You Hand over the Wheel: Evaluating LLMs for Security Incident Analysis

Security incident analysis SIA poses a major challenge for security operations centers, which must manage overwhelming alert volumes, large and diverse data sources, complex toolchains, and limited analyst expertise. These difficulties intensify because incidents evolve dynamically and require...

CVE-2026-28353 Trivy Vulnerability Scanner: Unauthorized AI Agent Execution Code Included in OpenVSX Extension Release

Trivy Vulnerability Scanner is a VS Code extension that helps find vulnerabilities. In Trivy VSCode Extension version 1.8.12, which was distributed via OpenVSX marketplace was compromised and contained malicious code designed to leverage local AI coding agent to collect and exfiltrate sensitive...

Malicious code in imhuman-fw-logger (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 04a81e9c61dcf38b54d4e0ad070050a4817a509858f0f56725074b54c24288a1 The package imhuman-fw-logger was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware...

MAL-2026-1249 Malicious code in imhuman-fw-logger (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 04a81e9c61dcf38b54d4e0ad070050a4817a509858f0f56725074b54c24288a1 The package imhuman-fw-logger was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware...

Malicious code in pear-apps-utils-date (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 65df5bee974b55dfd58d5816e480664604e9d8b3bf6a7c27c22b92aefeaca124 The package pear-apps-utils-date was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware...

Malicious code in pear-apps-utils-qr (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector c8bf18757dd3797d845e6746f010e38421985192e8623264615f68c13b4ec0a1 The package pear-apps-utils-qr was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware...