Researchers Uncover Mining Operation Using ISO Lures to Spread RATs and Crypto Miners

A financially motivated operation codenamed REF1695 has been observed leveraging fake installers to deploy remote access trojans RATs and cryptocurrency miners since November 2023. "Beyond cryptomining, the threat actor monetizes infections through CPA Cost Per Action fraud, directing victims to...

PT-2026-29908

Impact This is a supply chain attack involving compromised versions of the axios npm package, which introduced a hidden dependency deploying a cross-platform Remote Access Trojan RAT. Users of @usebruno/cli who ran npm install between 00:21 UTC and 03:30 UTC on March 31, 2026 may have been...

PT-2026-29967

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions @usebruno/cli versions installed between 00:21 UTC and 03:30 UTC on March 31, 2026 Description A supply chain attack involving compromised versions of the axios npm package introduced a hidden dependency deploying a cross-platform Remote Acces...

CERT-UA Impersonation Campaign Spread AGEWHEEZE Malware to 1 Million Emails

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA has disclosed details of a new phishing campaign in which the cybersecurity agency itself was impersonated to distribute a remote administration tool known as AGEWHEEZE. As part of the attacks, the threat actors, tracked as UAC-0255 , sent...

Casbaneiro Phishing Targets Latin America and Europe Using Dynamic PDF Lures

A multi-pronged phishing campaign is targeting Spanish-speaking users in organizations across Latin America and Europe to deliver Windows banking trojans like Casbaneiro aka Metamorfo via another malware called Horabot. The activity has been attributed to a Brazilian cybercrime threat actor track...

Axios supply chain attack chops away at npm trust

Researchers found that compromised Axios versions installed a Remote Access Trojan. Axios is a promise-based HTTP Client for node.js, basically a helper tool that developers use behind the scenes to let apps talk to the internet. For example, Axios makes requests such as “get my messages from the...

Silver Fox Expands Asia Cyber Campaign with AtlasCross RAT and Fake Domains

Chinese-speaking users are the target of an active campaign that uses typosquatted domains impersonating trusted software brands to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan named AtlasCross RAT. "The operation covers VPN clients, encrypted messengers, video conferencing tools,...

Embedded Malicious Code

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Embedded Malicious Code that conceals a cross-platform remote access trojan by injecting a hidden dependency named plain-crypto-js. RAT Behavior The injected plain-crypto-js dependency automatically executes an obfuscated postinstall...

Embedded Malicious Code

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Embedded Malicious Code that conceals a cross-platform remote access trojan by injecting a hidden dependency named plain-crypto-js. RAT Behavior The injected plain-crypto-js dependency automatically executes an obfuscated postinstall...

Malicious code in workingitme (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 77ec565b572be137d67ece8342d916cb970b501ee390e7250878e27277685fe9 During installation, if run under a specific username, the package downloads and installs two executables identified as backdoors trojans. --- Category:...

MAL-2026-2308 Malicious code in workingitme (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 77ec565b572be137d67ece8342d916cb970b501ee390e7250878e27277685fe9 During installation, if run under a specific username, the package downloads and installs two executables identified as backdoors trojans. --- Category:...

MAL-2026-2309 Malicious code in zzzzthisisitwantsafecheckitzzzz (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 fbef17827bf88f06c2278d700e386c98e2f1360fd533ba1415c9060ff56a037f During installation, if run under a specific username, the package downloads and installs two executables identified as backdoors trojans. --- Category:...

MAL-2026-2307 Malicious code in axios (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 503284900929e333b801f9f47419a2b4c21e4022d13a03fc14e4b5390767a51d The package axios was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware bcd851213ecf0f8dc58fe88d79b3d19a59388272b2426097de7edc4c53df5d9e Any...

Embedded Malicious Code

Overview axios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Embedded Malicious Code that conceals a cross-platform remote access trojan RAT and whose content was removed from the official package manager. A malicious actor...

MAL-2026-2306 Malicious code in plain-crypto-js (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector f18d90df82216aedaaeca02607816457cfe0df4bc89bf292a4d7f3549e912d8c The package plain-crypto-js was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware 4dfdc3dd18fb6fe824f34c663d26a2f7225e65a4b858a6f3ed6620a7a725c86...

Axios NPM Package Compromised: Supply Chain Attack Hits JavaScript HTTP Client with 100M+ Weekly Downloads

A supply chain attack hit Axios when attackers used stolen npm credentials to publish malicious versions containing a phantom dependency. This triggered a cross-platform RAT during installation and replaced its files with clean decoys, making detection challenging...

Node.js Module plain-crypto-js 4.2.1 installed

The package was confirmed by Socket as malicious and should be removed from the system. The malicious package deploys a multi-stage payload, including a remote access trojan RAT capable of executing arbitrary commands, exfiltrating system data, and persisting on infected machines. Note that Nessu...

Node.js Module axios 0.30.4 / 1.14.1 Supply Chain Vulnerability

The version of the axios Node.js module installed on the remote host is 0.30.4 or 1.14.1. It is, therefore, affected by a supply chain vulnerability where a supply chain attack targeting the widely used HTTP client Axios has introduced a malicious dependency into specific npm releases, including...

MAL-2026-2292 Malicious code in safecheckit (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 84f17b127af2c89551ea0059e4741da3fb5158405fbeabf042f7d5d89a098b21 During installation the package downloads and installs two executables identified as backdoors trojans. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly...

Malicious code in iwantsafecheckit (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 c982c88e841ae349f894f45b27e07f7154a252963ec05ff8e9536f46102e6ecf During installation the package downloads and installs two executables identified as backdoors trojans. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly...