MAL-2026-17453 Malicious code in gocommunity.io/orderedbtree (Go)

Part of the Graphalgo campaign. The module, first published around 2026-08-11, contains a second-stage remote access trojan in plaintext that runs automatically. The RAT collects system information, executes decrypted Go or JavaScript payloads, and polls two command-and-control channels every 3-1...

Kothamine malware uses Tailscale’s tailcat to evade network detection

We discovered an undocumented remote-access Trojan RAT called Kothamine Agent. It supports more than 30 commands and it gives attackers control of an infected Windows computer: they can run commands, read and change files, and add new capabilities. Some versions can also steal browser data and...

SideCopy Threat Intel: MSHTA-driven Execution and RAT Deployment

SideCopy Threat Intel: MSHTA-driven Execution and RAT Deployment By Boggavarapu R S S Srinivas Gupta and Ravishankar N C · September 17, 2026 Introduction The modern cyber warfare landscape has evolved significantly as threat actors pivot toward simple yet highly effective and evasive malware...

Gigabud Creates Android Work Profiles to Hide From Banking App Malware Checks

The Gigabud banking trojan now installs a second Android app that creates a work profile on an infected phone and drops a tampered banking app inside it, security firm Group-IB said in a report published on September 9. A work profile is a separate space that Android typically reserves for employ...

Mirage Kitten targeting aviation and FinTech sectors across the Middle East and Africa with a new malware set

While monitoring Mirage Kitten activity, we uncovered a previously undocumented malware family that we dubbed NodeRabbit. We identified the first sample on a system in Afghanistan. Further threat hunting revealed two additional, more advanced, variants: one on a system in Egypt and another on a...

Malicious code in hydration-vli-ui (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 44daff58b8bb4bd4dfad78141323781dc5972c3b5e5a4506834c2e69ff7d0480 The package's main entry dist/index.mjs locates dist/internal/math.mjs, chmods it to 0755, and spawns it as a detached child process every time the...

E4del and PINHOLE RATs Turn FTP Banners Into Dead Drops for Malware Commands

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that employs FTP banners as dead drop resolvers DDRs to deliver two previously unreported remote access trojans RATs tracked as E4del and PINHOLE. While threat actors are known to abuse legitimate services to point to additional...

Malicious code in dim-hydration-ui (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 3fefcd7c94e6eed5b5a69ce9ad5f4489c6532472ec604e6d15e5a96f63c59e51 The package is presented in its README as a set of day-math primitives, but dist/index.mjs runs a top-level async IIFE on import that chmod 0755's...

Malicious code in dims-hydration-ui (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 6a85d660f6cc363a81624c7383318958bb46f2d6958fdad71e595692420d805d On any import 'dims-hydration-ui', index.mjs chmods 0755 and spawns a bundled Linux x8664 ELF at dist/internal/calc.dat as a detached child, describe...

Malicious code in infogram-bot (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 08547edeec8e522d84b40fd8236878da54c888ede86588be3913a1c37cd2b245 [email protected] implements a Telegram bot that accepts text messages from remote parties and passes them directly to subprocess.checkoutputcmd,...

MAL-2026-14130 Malicious code in httpz-requests (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 004770b4da0c6705f95ef2c8654fd81d37650ffacaad7160041bded02cdb7fbc httpz-requests exposes a Telegram bot startbot, runcmdenc, httprequest whose message handler executes arbitrary shell commands on the host running th...

MAL-2026-14125 Malicious code in @guildai-services/guildai (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware bd47a423c934111e427e5db6e85d5f4393272e0a662818840887dffe409f1c21 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

China-Linked Jewelbug Uses XG-Web for Government Espionage and Crypto Fraud

The China-linked threat actor known as Jewelbug has been observed carrying out cyber espionage operations targeting governments and militaries, while simultaneously engaging in cryptocurrency fraud. "Both missions are administered from a single control panel, XG-Web , a browser-centric...

MAL-2026-13947 Malicious code in date-fmt-utils-helper (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 4ae88f68f30ebd69a595537393ce95c4ce5e543b558572769fa2c608fa1b1b0d The package presents itself as a date-formatting utility, but its index.js is a trivial cover and a source comment explicitly labels the library as a...

Malicious code in @caspianph/third-npm-package (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware cb03109285cde39b5336360926e9efaef2dd1ea20725eda1455e1ca5ec4b633e Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

MAL-2026-13997 Malicious code in @nolimit-agent/win32-x64 (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 1b4e440b5c1a499bb904b604509fd09284195641769bcea441044c9b15720106 The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code Source: ghsa-malware...

MAL-2026-13915 Malicious code in kit-map-vim (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 03873a12af48745e3fd5173ce736267aebd3290be427275073562b8e1ada61fc On import of kit-map-vim, dist/index.mjs unconditionally spawns dist/internal/calc-math.dat as a detached child process after a SHA-256 self-check...

Malicious code in kit-map-vim (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 03873a12af48745e3fd5173ce736267aebd3290be427275073562b8e1ada61fc On import of kit-map-vim, dist/index.mjs unconditionally spawns dist/internal/calc-math.dat as a detached child process after a SHA-256 self-check...

Malicious code in @years20/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-d (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 84dc74cbe8090f7fd99c65cda379129055830b63fafb28c8364f3e28de5bbbb8 The package runs a hostile payload both from its declared postinstall hook node callback.js and at library load via index.js, which is byte-identical...

Malicious code in dakumangalsingh (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 502c2aae77a471762612a5114d299651b7e75571d5c6d9dd5665a3dc2c503327 package.json declares a postinstall hook that executes a bundled Windows PE launcher DakuMangalSingh\DakuMangalSingh.exe at npm install time. The...