malware

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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Threat of ZionSiphon malware downplayed

• malware
• threat-intelligence

Threat of ZionSiphon malware downplayed

SC Staff April 24, 2026

Dragos technical lead malware analyst Jimmy Wylie said threat groups that had launched intrusions targeting critical infrastructure,...

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CISA: Malware attack compromises US agency via Cisco exploit

• malware
• patchconfiguration-management
• vulnerability-management

CISA: Malware attack compromises US agency via Cisco exploit

SC Staff April 24, 2026

Attacks weaponizing the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362, were reported by the...

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GoGra backdoor targets Linux, abuses Microsoft Graph API for stealthy attacks

• data-security
• malware
• threat-intelligence

GoGra backdoor targets Linux, abuses Microsoft Graph API for stealthy attacks

SC Staff April 23, 2026

The Harvester group, believed to be state-sponsored, has been active since at least 2021, targeting telecommunications, government,...

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Namastex npm packages compromised in ‘CanisterWorm’ supply chain attack

• aiml
• identity
• malware
• supply-chain
• threat-intelligence

Namastex npm packages compromised in ‘CanisterWorm’ supply chain attack

Laura French April 23, 2026

A self-propagating script was added to @automagik/genie and @pgserve packages.

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Multi-stage PureRAT campaign harnesses PNGs for fileless execution

• malware

Multi-stage PureRAT campaign harnesses PNGs for fileless execution

SC Staff April 22, 2026

GBHackers News reports that ordinary PNG images have been injected with portable executable payloads to facilitate the...

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