North Korean Hackers Publish 26 npm Packages Hiding Pastebin C2 for Cross-Platform RAT

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new iteration of the ongoing Contagious Interview campaign, where the North Korean threat actors have published a set of 26 malicious packages to the npm registry. The packages masquerade as developer tools, but contain functionality to extract the actua...

A week in security (February 23 – March 1)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Public Google API keys can be used to expose Gemini AI data Inside a fake Google security check that becomes a browser RAT Fake Zoom and Google Meet scams install Teramind: A technical deep dive How to understand and avoid Advanced Persistent Threats The Conduent...

Fake Xeno and Roblox Utilities Used to Install Windows RAT, Microsoft Warns

Fake Xeno and Roblox gaming tools are spreading a Windows RAT remote access trojan using PowerShell and LOLBins, Microsoft Threat Intelligence warns...

QSpy: A Quantum RAT for Circuit Spying and IP Theft

As quantum computing platforms increasingly adopt cloud-based execution, users submit quantum circuits to remote compilers and backends, trusting that what they submit is exactly what will be run. This shift introduces new trust assumptions in the submission pipeline, which remain largely...

CRESCENTHARVEST Campaign Targets Iran Protest Supporters With RAT Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign dubbed CRESCENTHARVEST , likely targeting supporters of Iran's ongoing protests to conduct information theft and long-term espionage. The Acronis Threat Research Unit TRU said it observed the activity after January 9, with the...

Trojan Horses in Recruiting: A Red-Teaming Case Study on Indirect Prompt Injection in Standard Vs. Reasoning Models

As Large Language Models LLMs are increasingly integrated into automated decision-making pipelines, specifically within Human Resources HR, the security implications of Indirect Prompt Injection IPI become critical. While a prevailing hypothesis posits that "Reasoning" or "Chain-of-Thought" Model...

MAL-2026-934 Malicious code in telebot-infoe (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 4dadd8bb17144a1726c97ec0472de592532f72b8c57fdd87ce1364e43241832d The package, distinguished as a speed testing or typosquatted Telegram library, contains a Telegram bot to perform remote control of the computer --- Category:...

Malicious code in telebot-infe (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 590d96b39de125e4d96c7b88fdc57ef5257eddbf8277011e51c84e1500302aaf The package, distinguished as a speed testing or typosquatted Telegram library, contains a Telegram bot to perform remote control of the computer --- Category:...

APT36 and SideCopy Launch Cross-Platform RAT Campaigns Against Indian Entities

Indian defense sector and government-aligned organizations have been targeted by multiple campaigns that are designed to compromise Windows and Linux environments with remote access trojans capable of stealing sensitive data and ensuring continued access to infected machines. The campaigns are...

The game is over: when “free” comes at too high a price. What we know about RenEngine

We often describe cases of malware distribution under the guise of game cheats and pirated software. Sometimes such methods are used to spread complex malware that employs advanced techniques and sophisticated infection chains. In February 2026, researchers from Howler Cell announced the discover...

Bloody Wolf Targets Uzbekistan, Russia Using NetSupport RAT in Spear-Phishing Campaign

The threat actor known as Bloody Wolf has been linked to a campaign targeting Uzbekistan and Russia to infect systems with a remote access trojan known as NetSupport RAT. Cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky is tracking the activity under the moniker Stan Ghouls. The threat actor is known to be active...

Fake 7-Zip downloads are turning home PCs into proxy nodes

A convincing lookalike of the popular 7-Zip archiver site has been serving a trojanized installer that silently converts victims’ machines into residential proxy nodes—and it has been hiding in plain sight for some time. “I’m so sick to my stomach” A PC builder recently turned to Reddit’s...

Compromised dYdX npm and PyPI Packages Deliver Wallet Stealers and RAT Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new supply chain attack in which legitimate packages on npm and the Python Package Index PyPI repository have been compromised to push malicious versions to facilitate wallet credential theft and remote code execution. The compromised versions of the tw...

Trojans in Artificial Intelligence (TrojAI) Final Report

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity IARPA launched the TrojAI program to confront an emerging vulnerability in modern artificial intelligence: the threat of AI Trojans. These AI trojans are malicious, hidden backdoors intentionally embedded within an AI model that can cause a...

EPSON Printers Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CVE-2020-5674)

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installers of multiple SEIKO EPSON products allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory. This plugin only works with Tenable.ot. Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information...

Trojan Attacks on Neural Network Controllers for Robotic Systems

Neural network controllers are increasingly deployed in robotic systems for tasks such as trajectory tracking and pose stabilization. However, their reliance on potentially untrusted training pipelines or supply chains introduces significant security vulnerabilities. This paper investigates...

Researchers Find 341 Malicious ClawHub Skills Stealing Data from OpenClaw Users

A security audit of 2,857 skills on ClawHub has found 341 malicious skills across multiple campaigns, according to new findings from Koi Security, exposing users to new supply chain risks. ClawHub is a marketplace designed to make it easy for OpenClaw users to find and install third-party skills...

Malware Detection through Memory Analysis

This paper summarizes the research conducted for a malware detection project using the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity's MalMemAnalysis-2022 dataset. The purpose of the project was to explore the effectiveness and efficiency of machine learning techniques for the task of binary classificatio...

Trojan-Resilient NTT: Protecting against Control Flow and Timing Faults on Reconfigurable Platforms

Number Theoretic Transform NTT is the most essential component for polynomial multiplications used in lattice-based Post-Quantum Cryptography PQC algorithms such as Kyber, Dilithium, NTRU etc. However, side-channel attacks SCA and hardware vulnerabilities in the form of hardware Trojans may alter...

Fake Python Spellchecker Packages on PyPI Delivered Hidden Remote Access Trojan

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious packages in the Python Package Index PyPI repository that masquerade as spellcheckers but contain functionality to deliver a remote access trojan RAT. The packages, named spellcheckerpy and spellcheckpy , are no longer available on PyPI, but...