Quasar Linux RAT Steals Developer Credentials for Software Supply Chain Compromise

A previously undocumented Linux implant codenamed Quasar Linux RAT QLNX is targeting developers' systems to establish a silent foothold as well as facilitate a broad range of post-compromise functionality, such as credential harvesting, keylogging, file manipulation, clipboard monitoring, and...

Google's Android Apps Get Public Verification to Stop Supply Chain Attacks

Google has announced expanded Binary Transparency for Android as a way to safeguard the ecosystem from supply chain attacks. "This new public ledger ensures the Google apps on your device are exactly what we intended to build and distribute," Google's product and security teams said. The initiati...

Windows Phone Link Exploited by CloudZ RAT to Steal Credentials and OTPs

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an intrusion that involved the use of a CloudZ remote access tool RAT and a previous undocumented plugin dubbed Pheno with the aim of facilitating credential theft. "According to the functionalities of the CloudZ RAT and Pheno plugin, this was...

RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.42 (RHSA-2021:3009)

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3009 advisory. - golang: net: lookup functions may return invalid host names CVE-2021-33195 - golang: net/http/httputil: ReverseProxy forwards...

China-Linked UAT-8302 Targets Governments Using Shared APT Malware Across Regions

A sophisticated China-nexus advanced persistent threat APT group has been attributed to attacks targeting government entities in South America since at least late 2024 and government agencies in southeastern Europe in 2025. The activity is being tracked by Cisco Talos under the moniker UAT-8302 ,...

CloudZ RAT potentially steals OTP messages using Pheno plugin

Cisco Talos discovered an intrusion, active since at least January 2026, where an unknown attacker implanted a CloudZ remote access tool RAT and a previously undocumented plugin called "Pheno." According to the functionalities of the CloudZ RAT and Pheno plugin, this was with the intention of...

Malicious code in timingmcp (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 c55706ce911042ace020630f65dc65015cf677b2d5a106ccd3ddba10e90f327f During import, the package automatically downloads and executes code that first acts as an infostealer and then starts code acting as a RAT. It connects with a...

MAL-2026-3144 Malicious code in timemcp190825790125120985125 (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 41257a3bb20b9b5ffdbeb3a610ddf2159902ebadf5550d87ec3024d880398568 During import, the package automatically downloads and executes code that first acts as an infostealer and then starts code acting as a RAT. It connects with a...

MAL-2026-3136 Malicious code in timestamp-py (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 d48be8ff856b19622d8bc8417db82b8752c41fb88aec5cd89d04bbee1bc729ef During import, the package automatically downloads and executes code that first acts as an infostealer and then starts code acting as a RAT. It connects with a...

Obsidian Plugin Abuse Delivers PHANTOMPULSE RAT in Targeted Finance, Crypto Attacks

A "novel" social engineering campaign has been observed abusing Obsidian, a cross-platform note-taking application, as an initial access vector to distribute a previously undocumented Windows remote access trojan called PHANTOMPULSE in attacks targeting individuals in the financial and...

Malicious code in forge-jsx (npm)

forge-jsx is a malicious npm package that impersonates an Autodesk Forge SDK. It was published as a fully-formed RAT from its first version on April 7, 2026. Installing the package on any non-CI machine deploys a persistent background agent that captures all keystrokes, monitors clipboard content...

JanelaRAT: a financial threat targeting users in Latin America

Background JanelaRAT is a malware family that takes its name from the Portuguese word "janela" which means "window". JanelaRAT looks for financial and cryptocurrency data from specific banks and financial institutions in the Latin America region. JanelaRAT is a modified variant of BX RAT that has...

CPUID Breach Distributes STX RAT via Trojanized CPU-Z and HWMonitor Downloads

Unknown threat actors compromised CPUID "cpuid.com", a website that hosts popular hardware monitoring tools like CPU-Z, HWMonitor, HWMonitor Pro, and PerfMonitor, for less than 24 hours to serve malicious executables for the software and deploy a remote access trojan called STX RAT. The incident...

RUSTSEC-2026-0081 `logtrace` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

logtrace appeared to be downloading a RAT. The malicious crate had 2 versions published on 2026-04-01 that had a total of 30 downloads. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io. Thanks to Socket.dev for detecting and reporting this to the crates.io team!...

A laughing RAT: CrystalX combines spyware, stealer, and prankware features

Introduction In March 2026, we discovered an active campaign promoting previously unknown malware in private Telegram chats. The Trojan was offered as a MaaS malware‑as‑a‑service with three subscription tiers. It caught our attention because of its extensive arsenal of capabilities. On the panel...

Axios Supply Chain Attack Pushes Cross-Platform RAT via Compromised npm Account

The popular HTTP client known as Axios has suffered a supply chain attack after two newly published versions of the npm package introduced a malicious dependency that delivers a trojan capable of targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. Versions 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 of Axios have been found to...

MAL-2026-2272 Malicious code in solana-api (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 f0a22ac83bdfd88312e7d422a0e3c27531ccdb7a6c6e4afa1ae513bb9aecf41f Clones of legitimate libraries with malicious modifications intended to download malicious remote code. The remote script allows executing arbitrary files...

Malicious code in aiolrucache (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 8b847ab6789b3a3848d887f76adae74d05523dd4cb1a974372518679d27ed70e The package masquerades as a utility, but during import, code loads obfuscated modules with RAT- and spyware-like functionality, including: exfiltrating files,...

BeatBanker: A dual‑mode Android Trojan

Recently, we uncovered BeatBanker, an Android‑based malware campaign targeting Brazil. It spreads primarily through phishing attacks via a website disguised as the Google Play Store. To achieve their goals, the malicious APKs carry multiple components, including a cryptocurrency miner and a banki...

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...