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Mustang Panda Deploys Updated LOTUSLITE Backdoor Against Indian Banking Sector and South Korean Policy Targets

Acronis researchers have identified a new variant of the LOTUSLITE backdoor being deployed by Mustang Panda in campaigns targeting India's banking sector and South Korean policy communities. The updated malware demonstrates incremental refinements over its predecessor, confirming active maintenance by the Chinese nation-state group as it broadens

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Iranian APT Seedworm Deploys Dindoor Backdoor via Microsoft Teams Social Engineering Using Deno Runtime for In-Memory Execution

CyberProof researchers have uncovered a campaign by Iranian APT group Seedworm that uses Microsoft Teams as an initial access vector, deploying a custom backdoor called Dindoor through social engineering that impersonates IT support personnel. The campaign emerged in early March 2026, coinciding with a surge in Iranian-linked cyber activity

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DSCourier Proof-of-Concept Abuses WinGet COM API to Bypass CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender, and Elastic EDR

A security researcher has released DSCourier, a proof-of-concept tool that abuses the WinGet Configuration COM API to apply arbitrary Desired State Configuration (DSC) configurations through Microsoft-signed binaries — a technique that has been demonstrated bypassing three of the most widely deployed enterprise EDR platforms: CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender

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Google Attributes Axios npm Supply Chain Attack to North Korean UNC1069, Links Backdoor to WAVESHAPER Evolution

Google has formally attributed the Axios npm supply chain attack to UNC1069, a North Korean threat cluster tracked by Mandiant and Google's Threat Intelligence Group since 2018. The attribution, confirmed by GTIG chief analyst John Hultquist, links the compromise of the JavaScript ecosystem's most popular HTTP

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Axios Supply Chain Attack Delivers Cross-Platform RAT to Millions After npm Maintainer Account Hijacked

A coordinated supply chain attack targeting the Axios npm package has delivered a cross-platform remote access trojan to developer workstations and CI/CD environments worldwide, after an attacker hijacked the lead maintainer's npm credentials and published two backdoored releases to the official registry. The attack, executed in

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Coruna iOS Exploit Kit Traced Back to Operation Triangulation Authors as Attacks Shift From Espionage to Mass Exploitation

Kaspersky's GReAT team has established a direct code-level link between the Coruna iOS exploit kit and Operation Triangulation, the sophisticated espionage campaign that targeted iOS devices in 2023. The connection goes beyond shared vulnerabilities — the kernel exploits in both toolchains were created by the same author using

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Payment Skimmer Abuses WebRTC Channels to Bypass CSP and Steal Card Data

Security researchers at Sansec have uncovered a payment skimmer that represents a significant technical evolution in how attackers steal card data from online stores. Instead of relying on conventional HTTP requests or image beacons to exfiltrate stolen information, the malware abuses WebRTC data channels — a technique that renders Content Security

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Trivy Supply Chain Attack Escalates — TeamPCP Pushes Infostealers via Docker Hub, Deploys Kubernetes Wiper Targeting Iranian Systems

The supply chain compromise of Trivy, the widely used open-source vulnerability scanner maintained by Aqua Security, has escalated dramatically — with threat actor TeamPCP pushing malicious Docker images to Docker Hub, defacing Aqua Security's internal GitHub organization, distributing a self-propagating worm across dozens of npm packages, and

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Storm-2561 Distributes Fake Enterprise VPN Clients From Cisco, Fortinet, and Ivanti via SEO Poisoning to Steal Corporate Credentials

Microsoft has disclosed a credential theft campaign by Storm-2561, a criminal group active since May 2025, that distributes fake enterprise VPN clients from major vendors through SEO poisoning — capturing corporate credentials before seamlessly redirecting victims to the real VPN download to erase any indication of compromise. The campaign, running

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BlackBasta-Linked Actors Deploy New A0Backdoor via Microsoft Teams Social Engineering With DNS MX-Based C2

Threat actors linked to the dissolved BlackBasta ransomware operation are targeting employees at financial and healthcare organizations through Microsoft Teams social engineering to deploy a previously undocumented backdoor called A0Backdoor that hides its command-and-control communications inside DNS MX record queries. The campaign, disclosed by BlueVoyant, has confirmed targets

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ClickFix Evolves to Windows Terminal Execution, Bypassing Run Dialog Defenses to Deploy Lumma Stealer

Microsoft has warned of a new ClickFix variant observed in the wild since February that evades existing defenses by shifting the execution environment from the Windows Run dialog to Windows Terminal — blending malicious command execution into legitimate administrative workflows. This marks a significant evolution in the ClickFix technique, which ZDW

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Dutch Intelligence Warns of Russian State Campaign Hijacking Signal and WhatsApp Accounts of Government Officials Worldwide

The Dutch intelligence services AIVD and military intelligence service MIVD have issued a joint advisory warning that Russian state hackers are conducting a large-scale campaign to hijack Signal and WhatsApp accounts belonging to senior government officials, military personnel, civil servants, and journalists worldwide. Dutch government employees have already been