adminCybersecurity researchers have flagged two previously undocumented Windows variants of what was believed to be a Linux-only backdoor called SprySOCKS. «The Windows variants discovered are internally marked as WIN_DRV and…
Ravie LakshmananJun 04, 2026Malvertising / Browser Security Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a macOS malvertising campaign codenamed Operation FlutterBridge that spreads a new backdoor called FlutterShell. According to Palo…
Ravie LakshmananMay 21, 2026Cyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Linux malware dubbed Showboat that has been put to use in a campaign targeting…
The Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Turla has transformed its custom backdoor Kazuar into a modular peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet that’s engineered for stealth and persistent access to compromised hosts.…
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about what has been described as «malicious activity» in newly published versions of node-ipc. According to Socket and StepSecurity, three different versions of the…
Ravie LakshmananMay 11, 2026Vulnerability / Ransomware A threat actor named Mr_Rot13 has been attributed to the exploitation of a recently disclosed critical cPanel flaw to deploy a backdoor codenamed Filemanager…
adminRavie LakshmananMay 08, 2026Malware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Linux backdoor named PamDOORa that’s being advertised on the Rehub Russian cybercrime forum for $1,600…
Ravie LakshmananApr 30, 2026Cloud Security / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a stealthy Python-based backdoor framework called DEEP#DOOR that comes with capabilities to establish persistent access and…
Ravie LakshmananApr 27, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking Everything is dumb again. This week feels broken in a very familiar way. Old tricks are back. New tools are doing shady crap. Supply…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has revealed that an unnamed federal civilian agency’s Cisco Firepower device running Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software was compromised in September 2025…
