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Malware & Threats
The backdoor’s destructive capabilities include a standalone wiper, ransomware encryption, and a multi-pass wiping command.
Vulnerabilities
Tracked as CVE-2026-11405, the vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to access a device's web management interface.
Malware & Threats
Mistic is used by Woodgnat, an initial access broker working with Qilin, Interlock, Rhysida, Akira, 8Base, and Black Basta.
Malware & Threats
The stealthy Python-based backdoor framework deploys a persistent Windows implant likely designed for espionage.
Malware & Threats
The malware provides remote access and control of infected devices and maintains post-patching persistence.
Malware & Threats
Published through five accounts, the extensions appear part of a coordinated campaign based on shared C&C infrastructure.
Nation-State
The state-sponsored threat actor deployed kernel implants and passive backdoors enabling long-term, high-level espionage.
Malware & Threats
Used since at least 2019, DKnife has been targeting the desktop, mobile, and IoT devices of Chinese users.
Malware & Threats
The extensions were seen profiling users, reading cookie data to create unique identifiers, and executing payloads with browser API access.
Malware & Threats
PipeMagic, which poses as a ChatGPT application, is a modular malware framework that provides persistent access and flexibility.
Endpoint Security
Vulnerabilities in Gigabyte firmware implementations could allow attackers to disable Secure Boot and execute code during the early boot phase.
Data Protection
After decades of failed attempts to access encrypted communications, governments are shifting from persuasion to coercion—security experts say the risks are too high.
Malware & Threats
A threat actor published backdoored versions of 17 NPM packages from GlueStack in a fresh supply chain attack.
Malware & Threats
A threat actor has been creating backdoored open source malware repositories to target novice cybercriminals and game cheaters.
Malware & Threats
Windows versions of the BrickStorm backdoor that the Chinese APT used in the MITRE hack last year have been active for years.
Malware & Threats
In recent attacks, the state-sponsored backdoor BPFDoor is using a controller to open a reverse shell and move laterally.
Malware & Threats
An undocumented remote access backdoor in the Unitree Go1 Robot Dog allows remote control over the tunnel network and use of the vision cameras...
Nation-State
China-nexus cyberespionage group caught planting custom backdoors on end-of-life Juniper Networks Junos OS routers.
Data Protection
The Director of National Intelligence said such a demand would violate Americans’ rights and raise concerns about a foreign government pressuring a U.S.-based technology...
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft fixed vulnerabilities across Azure and AI-branded products, with privilege escalation flaws accounting for the majority.
Malware & Threats
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Mandiant's 2026 AI risk report, PhantomRaven malware used by bug bounty hunter, WordPress plugin bug...
Artificial Intelligence
Data Breaches
Malware & Threats
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