A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. OpenSSL Fixes HollowByte Memory Exhaustion Bug Daxin: 13-Year-Old China-Linked Malware Found Still Active on Manufacturer’s Network […]
Researchers found China’s Daxin rootkit and a new Stupig backdoor on a Taiwan firm’s network, suggesting a stealthy intrusion dating back to 2013. Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team found Daxin running on a compromised host at a Taiwan-based subsidiary of a multinational high-tech manufacturer in 2026. Daxin is a Windows kernel-mode rootkit that Symantec first documented […]
Russian-speaking UAT-11795 spreads trojanized Zoom, Webex, and MobaXterm installers to deliver Starland RAT and the WLDR memory-only implant. Cisco Talos researchers published a detailed technical report on July 16 disclosing UAT-11795, a financially motivated, Russian-speaking threat actor that has been running a malware campaign against users in the United States and Europe since at least […]
AsyncAPI npm packages with 2M weekly downloads were compromised, spreading malware with info-stealing, crypto-theft and RAT capabilities. OX Security researchers disclosed on July 14 that the AsyncAPI npm organization was compromised, with malicious code injected into four packages that together account for over 2 million weekly downloads. The affected versions are @asyncapi/generator 3.3.1, @asyncapi/generator-components 0.7.1, […]
Japan’s largest taxi operator Nihon Kotsu shut down systems after a malware attack, disrupting dispatch and bookings. Nihon Kotsu, Japan’s largest taxi company, disclosed on July 13, 2026 that its internal systems suffered an unauthorized external access involving malware infection in the early morning hours of Saturday, July 11. The company immediately shut down systems […]
New macOS infostealer CrashStealer uses a signed app to bypass Gatekeeper, steals credentials and wallets, then AES-encrypts stolen data. Jamf Threat Labs first spotted CrashStealer in early May 2026 as a suspicious macOS sample uploaded to VirusTotal. By early July, in-the-wild detections confirmed the malware had moved from development into active deployment. The malware is […]
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Novel Java-Based QuimaRAT Targets Windows, macOS, and Linux Vibe Coded Extortion: Avalon’s Path from Legal Lure to CrownX Ransom Capabilities Armored Likho digging a snake pit: inside the covert BusySnake Stealer campaign RedWing: A […]
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. U.S. CISA adds iCagenda and Balbooa Forms flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Critical U-Boot […]
Ransomware remains above 1,400 attacks yearly since 2023. Qilin leads in 2026, while the U.S. remains the main target. Ransomnews has independently confirmed 9,291 ransomware attacks worldwide between January 2018 and July 2026, tracking incidents only when verified through victim disclosures, regulatory filings, official statements, or credible press reporting. Leak-site listings alone don’t qualify, operators […]
Researchers uncovered 222 GitHub repositories spreading malware through fake Go packages, delivering loaders, stealers, RATs, and cryptominers. Socket’s security research team started with the investigation of a single malicious Go module: github[.]com/kaleidora/dnsub-scanning-tool, which presented itself as a DNS and subdomain scanning utility. Pulling on that thread exposed something significantly larger: a network of 222 confirmed […]