malware

Clandestine Deep#Door stealer facilitates long-term data compromise

• data-security
• malware

Clandestine Deep#Door stealer facilitates long-term data compromise

SC Staff May 1, 2026

Infosecurity Magazine reports that Windows systems are being stealthily targeted for protracted surveillance and credential exfiltration with...

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Celebrity data leak exposes private photos and messages due to stalkerware

• data-security
• malware
• Privacy
• security-operations

Celebrity data leak exposes private photos and messages due to stalkerware

SC Staff May 1, 2026

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered the data, which included intimate chat logs from apps like WhatsApp, Facebook,...

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New Mach-O Man malware tapped by Lazarus in macOS-targeted ClickFix attacks

• malware
• threat-intelligence

New Mach-O Man malware tapped by Lazarus in macOS-targeted ClickFix attacks

SC Staff May 1, 2026

High-level fintech and cryptocurrency individuals, including executives and developers, have had their macOS environments targeted by the...

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Novel Minecraft-targeting stealer tapped by reemergent LofyGang

• malware
• threat-intelligence

Novel Minecraft-targeting stealer tapped by reemergent LofyGang

SC Staff April 30, 2026

Brazilian threat group LofyGang has resurfaced to compromise Minecraft players with the novel LofyStealer malware, also known...

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Novel multi-stage malware campaign stealthily targets Pakistan

• malware
• threat-intelligence

Novel multi-stage malware campaign stealthily targets Pakistan

SC Staff April 29, 2026

More refined obfuscation tactics have been leveraged in a new multi-stage malware campaign targeted at the employees...

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Vidar infostealer evolves, uses image files for stealthy attacks

• malware
• security-operations

Vidar infostealer evolves, uses image files for stealthy attacks

SC Staff April 28, 2026

The latest Vidar campaign leverages social engineering, exploiting a recent Claude Code leak by setting up fake...

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GlassWorm attackers activate new ‘sleeper’ extensions on Open VSX

• application-security
• malware
• ransomware
• supply-chain
• threat-intelligence
• threat-management

GlassWorm attackers activate new ‘sleeper’ extensions on Open VSX

Laura French April 28, 2026

A new cluster of 73 extensions impersonating legitimate projects has been tied to the GlassWorm campaign.

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Linux ELF Malware Generator Evades ML Detection With Semantic-Preserving Changes

• cyber security
• Cyber Security News
• Linux
• malware

Linux ELF Malware Generator Evades ML Detection With Semantic-Preserving Changes

Abinaya April 28, 2026

Researchers from the Czech Technical University in Prague have developed a new adversarial malware generator targeting Linux...

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Tropic Trooper targets Chinese speakers with SumatraPDF trojan and VS Code tunnels

• malware
• threat-intelligence

Tropic Trooper targets Chinese speakers with SumatraPDF trojan and VS Code tunnels

SC Staff April 27, 2026

The campaign, attributed with high confidence to the persistent threat group Tropic Trooper, utilizes a custom AdaptixC2...

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Fast16 malware: Pre-Stuxnet sabotage tool discovered

• malware
• security-operations
• threat-intelligence

Fast16 malware: Pre-Stuxnet sabotage tool discovered

SC Staff April 27, 2026

Fast16, referenced in a 2005 ShadowBrokers leak of NSA tools, utilized a Lua 5.0 virtual machine embedded...

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