PLUGGYAPE Malware Uses Signal and WhatsApp to Target Ukrainian Defense Forces

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA has disclosed details of new cyber attacks targeting its defense forces with malware known as PLUGGYAPE between October and December 2025. The activity has been attributed with medium confidence to a Russian hacking group tracked as Void...

CISA and Partners Release Update to Malware Analysis Report BRICKSTORM Backdoor

Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, National Security Agency, and Canadian Centre for Cyber Security released an update to the Malware Analysis Report BRICKSTORM Backdoor with indicators of compromise IOCs and detection signatures for additional BRICKSTORM samples...

PY#RATION: New Python-based RAT Uses WebSocket for C2 and Data Exfiltration

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a new attack campaign that leverages a Python-based remote access trojan RAT to gain control over compromised systems since at least August 2022. "This malware is unique in its utilization of WebSockets to avoid detection and for both command-and-control C...