Chinese Silk Typhoon Hacker Extradited to U.S. Over COVID Research Cyberattacks

A Chinese national accused of being a member of the Silk Typhoon hacking group has been extradited to the U.S. from Italy. Xu Zewei, 34, was arrested in July 2025 by Italian authorities for his alleged links to the Chinese state-sponsored threat group and for orchestrating cyber attacks against...

CVE-2020-24074

The decode program in silk-v3-decoder Version:20160922 Build By kn007 does not strictly check data, resulting in a buffer overflow...

EUVD-2018-11892

Malware in sbrugna...

EUVD-2014-1256

Malware in sbrugna...

EUVD-2020-16810

Malware in sbrugna...

EUVD-2023-56115

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

Malicious code in silk-aeao9-dbq0a-jade-project (npm)

The package silk-aeao9-dbq0a-jade-project was found to contain malicious code...

Malicious code in silk-21cwn-ep923-tranquil-project (npm)

The package silk-21cwn-ep923-tranquil-project was found to contain malicious code...

Malicious code in silk-99qyb-eei8t-neptune-project (npm)

The package silk-99qyb-eei8t-neptune-project was found to contain malicious code...

Malicious code in silk-wadic-70udd-amber-project (npm)

The package silk-wadic-70udd-amber-project was found to contain malicious code...

Malicious code in amber-4k3vc-ldzlm-silk-project (npm)

The package amber-4k3vc-ldzlm-silk-project was found to contain malicious code...

Malicious code in silk-r3uxk-e3mgb-harp-project (npm)

The package silk-r3uxk-e3mgb-harp-project was found to contain malicious code...

MAL-2025-33248 Malicious code in silk-21cwn-ep923-tranquil-project (npm)

The package silk-21cwn-ep923-tranquil-project was found to contain malicious code...

MAL-2025-33249 Malicious code in silk-8pq5l-d0dum-plume-project (npm)

The package silk-8pq5l-d0dum-plume-project was found to contain malicious code...

Malicious code in aspen-8w0r9-pjzoz-silk-project (npm)

The package aspen-8w0r9-pjzoz-silk-project was found to contain malicious code...

Malicious code in moonstone-9j6dm-sltyx-silk-project (npm)

The package moonstone-9j6dm-sltyx-silk-project was found to contain malicious code...

Malicious code in silk-gzcn7-rkz5v-dune-project (npm)

The package silk-gzcn7-rkz5v-dune-project was found to contain malicious code...

Malicious code in kelp-hxsmg-z9po5-silk-project (npm)

The package kelp-hxsmg-z9po5-silk-project was found to contain malicious code...

Malicious code in silk-0xjlc-av1f1-meadow-project (npm)

The package silk-0xjlc-av1f1-meadow-project was found to contain malicious code...

Malicious code in silk-sdgpe-aed8o-throne-project (npm)

The package silk-sdgpe-aed8o-throne-project was found to contain malicious code...