Attackers compromised Awesome Motive CDN files, backdooring WordPress sites running OptinMonster, TrustPulse, and PushEngage. Sansec researchers discovered an active supply chain attack hitting WordPress sites running OptinMonster, TrustPulse, and PushEngage, three plugins operated by Awesome Motive, one of the largest WordPress plugin companies in the world. The malicious JavaScript wasn’t sitting on any victim’s server. […]
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter IronWorm: Shai-Hulud’s rustier cousin Trojanized ai-sdk-ollama Delivers Miasma, a Self-Replicating npm Worm via binding.gyp Inside the Cross-Platform Propagation of a New Gafgyt Variant C0XMO Using AI Agents to Analyze Malware on REMnux The Miasma […]
OnyxC2 is a MaaS stealer targeting 210+ apps, using DLL sideloading, encrypted payloads, and remote access features to evade detection. OnyxC2 appeared on a cybercrime forum earlier this year and is sold as a subscription service: $250 per month for the standard build, $500 for the premium tier that includes HVNC, and $6,000 for an […]
JDY botnet scans SOHO/IoT devices globally to map services and targets, especially US military networks. Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs reported the resurgence of the JDY botnet, a covert reconnaissance network tied to Chinese state-sponsored hacking groups including Volt Typhoon. The network was first spotted in late 2023 as a cluster inside KV-botnet. The U.S. government […]
A study by the University of Toronto shows how artificial intelligence can power autonomous worms capable of tailoring attacks against Windows, Linux and IoT devices. A group of researchers from the University of Toronto has demonstrated how open-source artificial intelligence models can be used to create a new category of computer worms capable of autonomously […]
The Miasma worm compromised 73 Microsoft GitHub repos, spreading via AI coding tools and stealing cloud credentials from developers and CI/CD systems. A self-replicating worm called Miasma has compromised 73 Microsoft GitHub repositories and forced GitHub staff to disable them. The affected repos include core Azure infrastructure like azure-functions-host and the entire Durable Task family […]
C0XMO is a new Gafgyt botnet variant exploiting old router flaws, spreading across IoT devices, killing rivals, and enabling large-scale DDoS attacks. In March 2026, FortiGuard Labs discovered a new variant of the Gafgyt botnet, dubbed C0XMO, which is noticeably more capable than its predecessors. The malware spreads through CVE-2021-27137, a stack buffer overflow in […]
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Malware Targeting WordPress Abuses Steam Community Profiles for Command & Control Operations Legitimate-Looking Codex Remote UI Secretly Steals Your AI Tokens Operation Dragon Weave : Uncovering a China-Linked Campaign Targeting Czech Republic and Taiwan […]
Gamaredon exploits a WinRAR flaw to drop modular, nearly fileless malware on Ukrainian targets, hiding payloads in Windows streams and resolving C2s via Telegram. Sekoia’s Threat Detection & Research team dropped a YARA rule in late December 2025 to hunt for new initial access vectors, and by January 2026 it had already generated a dozen […]
Russia’s FSB claims foreign intelligence planted malware on senior officials’ phones to intercept calls and activate cameras. No technical evidence, no country named. On June 2, 2026, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) published a statement claiming it had uncovered and documented a large-scale foreign intelligence operation targeting the mobile devices of senior Russian officials. The […]