sfcb in sblim-sfcb places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

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New Android Banking Trojan "Klopatra" Uses Hidden VNC to Control Infected Smartphones

A previously undocumented Android banking trojan called Klopatra has compromised over 3,000 devices, with a majority of the infections reported in Spain and Italy. Italian fraud prevention firm Cleafy, which discovered the sophisticated malware and remote access trojan RAT in late August 2025, sa...

New Android Trojan "Datzbro" Tricking Elderly with AI-Generated Facebook Travel Events

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Android banking trojan called Datzbro that can conduct device takeover DTO attacks and perform fraudulent transactions by preying on the elderly. Dutch mobile security company ThreatFabric said it discovered the campaign in August...

Environmental Rate Manipulation Attacks on Power Grid Security

The growing complexity of global supply chains has made hardware Trojans a significant threat in sensor-based power electronics. Traditional Trojan designs depend on digital triggers or fixed threshold conditions that can be detected during standard testing. In contrast, we introduce Environmenta...

Google Ads Used to Spread Trojan Disguised as TradingView Premium

Bitdefender warns that the TradingView Premium ad scam now targets Google ads and YouTube, hijacking verified channels to spread spyware...

This Is How Your LLM Gets Compromised

Poisoned data. Malicious LoRAs. Trojan model files. AI attacks are stealthier than ever—often invisible until it’s too late. Here’s how to catch them before they catch you...

CosmodiumCS OnlyRAT 安全漏洞

CosmodiumCS OnlyRAT is a remote access Trojan by the CosmodiumCS individual developer, primarily used to demonstrate and study how remote control malware works. A security vulnerability exists in CosmodiumCS OnlyRAT 3.2 and earlier versions, which stems from a misuse of the parameter...

SilentSync RAT Delivered via Two Malicious PyPI Packages Targeting Python Developers

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malicious packages in the Python Package Index PyPI repository that are designed to deliver a remote access trojan called SilentSync on Windows systems. "SilentSync is capable of remote command execution, file exfiltration, and screen capturing,"...

TA558 Uses AI-Generated Scripts to Deploy Venom RAT in Brazil Hotel Attacks

The threat actor known as TA558 has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks delivering various remote access trojans RATs like Venom RAT to breach hotels in Brazil and Spanish-speaking markets. Russian cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky is tracking the activity, observed in summer 2025, to a cluste...

TA558 Uses AI-Generated Scripts to Deploy Venom RAT in Brazil Hotel Attacks

The threat actor known as TA558 has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks delivering various remote access trojans RATs like Venom RAT to breach hotels in Brazil and Spanish-speaking markets. Russian cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky is tracking the activity, observed in summer 2025, to a cluste...

A Systematic Evaluation of Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning Methods for the Security of Code LLMs

Code-generating Large Language Models LLMs significantly accelerate software development. However, their frequent generation of insecure code presents serious risks. We present a comprehensive evaluation of seven parameter-efficient fine-tuning PEFT techniques, demonstrating substantial gains in...

AsyncRAT Exploits ConnectWise ScreenConnect to Steal Credentials and Crypto

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that leverages ConnectWise ScreenConnect, a legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management RMM software, to deliver a fleshless loader that drops a remote access trojan RAT called AsyncRAT to steal sensitive data from compromised...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-18654

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Crossroads 2.81 does not properly handle the /tmp directory during a build of xr. A local attacker can first create a world-writable subdirectory in a certain...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-7102

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - ownCloud Desktop before 2.2.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and possibly gain privileges via a Trojan library in a special path in the C: drive...

MAL-2025-46499 Malicious code in venus-winston-docusaurus-aquarius (npm)

The package venus-winston-docusaurus-aquarius was found to contain malicious code...

TAG-150 Develops CastleRAT in Python and C, Expanding CastleLoader Malware Operations

The threat actor behind the malware-as-a-service MaaS framework and loader called CastleLoader has also developed a remote access trojan known as CastleRAT. "Available in both Python and C variants, CastleRAT's core functionality consists of collecting system information, downloading and executin...

envvars (aka envvars-std) in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.2 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DSO in the current working directory during execution of apachectl.

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77 malicious apps removed from Google Play Store

Google has removed 77 malicious apps from the Google Play Store. Before they were removed, researchers at ThreatLabz discovered the apps had been installed over 19 million times. One of the malware families discovered by the researchers is a banking Trojan known as Anatsa or TeaBot. This banking...

HOOK Android Trojan Adds Ransomware Overlays, Expands to 107 Remote Commands

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of an Android banking trojan called HOOK that features ransomware-style overlay screens to display extortion messages. "A prominent characteristic of the latest variant is its capacity to deploy a full-screen ransomware overlay, which aims t...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2011-2764

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - The FSCheckFilenameIsNotExecutable function in qcommon/files.c in the ioQuake3 engine 1.36 and earlier, as used in World of Padman, Smokin' Guns, OpenArena,...