Trojans Embedded in .svg Files

Porn sites are hiding code in .svg files: Unpacking the attack took work because much of the JavaScript in the .svg images was heavily obscured using a custom version of "JSFuck," a technique that uses only a handful of character types to encode JavaScript into a camouflaged wall of text. Once...

Efimer Trojan Steals Crypto, Hacks WordPress Sites via Torrents and Phishing

Kaspersky reports Efimer Trojan infecting thousands, swapping crypto wallets, brute-forcing sites, and spreading through torrents and phishing. Cybercriminals…...

BIT-LIBPYTHON-2020-15523

In Python 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.8, 3.8 through 3.8.4, and 3.9 through 3.9.0 on Windows, a Trojan horse python3.dll might be used in cases where CPython is embedded in a native application. This occurs because python3X.dll may use an invalid search path for python3.dll loading after...

Scammers mass-mailing the Efimer Trojan to steal crypto

Introduction In June, we encountered a mass mailing campaign impersonating lawyers from a major company. These emails falsely claimed the recipient's domain name infringed on the sender's rights. The messages contained the Efimer malicious script, designed to steal cryptocurrency. This script als...

Adult sites trick users into Liking Facebook posts using a clickjack Trojan

As the use of age verification to access adult websites increases in various countries around the world, shady websites with adult content have started a timely malware-fueled campaign to promote links to their own websites. During our daily rounds on Facebook, looking for the latest scams, we...

Malicious code in sisaws (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: google-open-source-security 0cc916986327ca493d55160fe841e48b756a40e030f59880874386e9e1e8a148 This package installs the SilentSync remote access trojan and allows remote code execution and data exfiltration. Windows machines are...

MAL-2025-47453 Malicious code in sisaws (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: google-open-source-security 0cc916986327ca493d55160fe841e48b756a40e030f59880874386e9e1e8a148 This package installs the SilentSync remote access trojan and allows remote code execution and data exfiltration. Windows machines are...

PlayPraetor Android Trojan Infects 11,000+ Devices via Fake Google Play Pages and Meta Ads

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a nascent Android remote access trojan RAT called PlayPraetor that has infected more than 11,000 devices, primarily across Portugal, Spain, France, Morocco, Peru, and Hong Kong. "The botnet's rapid growth, which now exceeds 2,000 new infections per week, ...

MAL-2025-47452 Malicious code in secmeasure (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: google-open-source-security f566db2e1359b455ca36524d9c066854754e71ac92deca9706f69d3d71cc8414 This package installs the SilentSync remote access trojan and allows remote code execution and data exfiltration. Windows machines are...

Malicious code in secmeasure (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: google-open-source-security f566db2e1359b455ca36524d9c066854754e71ac92deca9706f69d3d71cc8414 This package installs the SilentSync remote access trojan and allows remote code execution and data exfiltration. Windows machines are...

Hackers Exploit SAP Vulnerability to Breach Linux Systems and Deploy Auto-Color Malware

Threat actors have been observed exploiting a now-patched critical SAP NetWeaver flaw to deliver the Auto-Color backdoor in an attack targeting a U.S.-based chemicals company in April 2025. "Over the course of three days, a threat actor gained access to the customer's network, attempted to downlo...

Steam games abused to deliver malware once again

A cybercriminal known as EncryptHub aka Larva-208 has reportedly abused the online game platform Steam to distribute information stealers. EncryptHub managed to sneak malicious files into the Chemia game files hosted on Steam. Chemia is an adventurous survival type of game that puts the player in...

Scavenger Trojan Targets Crypto Wallets via Game Mods and Browser Flaws

New Scavenger Trojan steals crypto wallet data using fake game mods and browser flaws, targeting MetaMask, Exodus, Bitwarden, and other popular apps...

Coyote Trojan First to Use Microsoft UI Automation in Bank Attacks

Coyote Trojan becomes first malware to abuse Microsoft’s UI Automation in real attacks, targeting banks and crypto platforms with stealthy tactics...

AsyncRAT's Open-Source Code Sparks Surge in Dangerous Malware Variants Across the Globe

Cybersecurity researchers have charted the evolution of a widely used remote access trojan called AsyncRAT , which was first released on GitHub in January 2019 and has since served as the foundation for several other variants. "AsyncRAT has cemented its place as a cornerstone of modern malware an...

Quantum Properties Trojans (QuPTs) for Attacking Quantum Neural Networks

Quantum neural networks QNN hold immense potential for the future of quantum machine learning QML. However, QNN security and robustness remain largely unexplored. In this work, we proposed novel Trojan attacks based on the quantum computing properties in a QNN-based binary classifier. Our propose...

Anatsa Android Banking Trojan Hits 90,000 Users with Fake PDF App on Google Play

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an Android banking malware campaign that has leveraged a trojan named Anatsa to target users in North America using malicious apps published on Google's official app marketplace. The malware, disguised as a "PDF Update" to a document viewer app, has been...

TAG-140 Deploys DRAT V2 RAT, Targeting Indian Government, Defense, and Rail Sectors

A hacking group with ties other than Pakistan has been found targeting Indian government organizations with a modified variant of a remote access trojan RAT called DRAT. The activity has been attributed by Recorded Future's Insikt Group to a threat actor tracked as TAG-140, which it said overlaps...

IThermTroj: Exploiting Intermittent Thermal Trojans in Multi-Processor System-On-Chips

Thermal Trojan attacks present a pressing concern for the security and reliability of System-on-Chips SoCs, especially in mobile applications. The situation becomes more complicated when such attacks are more evasive and operate sporadically to stay hidden from detection mechanisms. In this paper...

SonicWall NetExtender Trojan and ConnectWise Exploits Used in Remote Access Attacks

Unknown threat actors have been distributing a trojanized version of SonicWall's SSL VPN NetExtender application to steal credentials from unsuspecting users who may have installed it. "NetExtender enables remote users to securely connect and run applications on the company network," SonicWall...