The SOC Files: Time to “Sapecar”. Unpacking a new Horabot campaign in Mexico

Introduction In this installment of our SOC Files series, we will walk you through a targeted campaign that our MDR team identified and hunted down a few months ago. It involves a threat known as Horabot , a bundle consisting of an infamous banking Trojan, an email spreader, and a notably complex...

Rust-Based VENON Malware Targets 33 Brazilian Banks with Credential-Stealing Overlays

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new banking malware targeting Brazilian users that's written in Rust, marking a significant departure from other known Delphi-based malware families associated with the Latin American cybercrime ecosystem. The malware, which is designed to...

New PixRevolution Malware Steals Brazil’s PIX Transfers in Real Time

Researchers have discovered PixRevolution, a new Android banking trojan targeting Brazil’s PIX system. Unlike automated scams, this malware uses live operators to watch your screen and divert funds instantly...

Malware-As-A-Service Redefined: Why XWorm is outpacing every other RAT in the underground malware market

Malware-As-A-Service Redefined: Why XWorm is outpacing every other RAT in the underground malware market By Boggavarapu R S S Srinivas Gupta and Ravishankar N C · March 12, 2026 Introduction In the evolving landscape of cybercrime, threat actors are constantly pursuing the "perfect" weapon: malwa...

BeatBanker Android Trojan Uses Silent Audio Loop to Steal Crypto

BeatBanker Android Trojan spreads via fake Google Play Store pages, using a silent audio loop to stay active while stealing crypto, banking data, and login credentials...

Malicious Package

Overview tailwind-mainanimation is a malicious package. Upon installation, it silently injects obfuscated JavaScript into the end of legitimate project configuration files like tailwind.config.js. To evade detection, the malware rewrites git history, forging timestamps so the malicious commit...

BeatBanker: A dual‑mode Android Trojan

Recently, we uncovered BeatBanker, an Android‑based malware campaign targeting Brazil. It spreads primarily through phishing attacks via a website disguised as the Google Play Store. To achieve their goals, the malicious APKs carry multiple components, including a cryptocurrency miner and a banki...

Malicious npm Package Posing as OpenClaw Installer Deploys RAT, Steals macOS Credentials

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that masquerades as an OpenClaw installer to deploy a remote access trojan RAT and steal sensitive data from compromised hosts. The package, named "@openclaw-ai/openclawai," was uploaded to the registry by a user named "openclaw-ai...

Multi-Stage VOID#GEIST Malware Delivering XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a multi-stage malware campaign that uses batch scripts as a pathway to deliver various encrypted remote access trojan RATs payloads that correspond to XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT. The stealthy attack chain has been codenamed VOIDGEIST by...

Fake Laravel Packages on Packagist Deploy RAT on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged malicious Packagist PHP packages masquerading as Laravel utilities that act as a conduit for a cross-platform remote access trojan RAT that's functional on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. The names of the packages are listed below - nhattuanbl/lara-helper...

OpenClaw's `tools.exec.safeBins` PATH-hijack allowed trojan binaries to bypass allowlist checks

Summary tools.exec.safeBins allowlist checks could be bypassed by PATH-hijacked binaries, allowing execution of attacker-controlled trojan binaries under an allowlisted executable name. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Latest published version at triage time: 2026.2.17 -...

GHSA-G75X-8QQM-2VXP OpenClaw's `tools.exec.safeBins` PATH-hijack allowed trojan binaries to bypass allowlist checks

Summary tools.exec.safeBins allowlist checks could be bypassed by PATH-hijacked binaries, allowing execution of attacker-controlled trojan binaries under an allowlisted executable name. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Latest published version at triage time: 2026.2.17 -...

PT-2026-26396

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions 2026.1.21 through 2026.2.18 Description The tools.exec.safeBins component contains a flaw where allowlist checks can be bypassed through path hijacking. This allows attackers to execute trojan binaries with allowlisted names,...

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:...