Popular npm Package With Nearly 2 Million Weekly Downloads Hid Malware That Talks to Attackers Through Ethereum
Researchers at Checkmarx uncovered a supply-chain campaign hiding inside a widely used npm package that impersonates a legitimate data-structure library. Rather than infecting machines at install time, the...
New Espionage Campaign ‘SilkParasite’ Hits Central Asian Governments With Five Undocumented Malware Tools
Researchers have uncovered SilkParasite, a cyberespionage operation using spear-phishing and five previously unseen malware families to target government bodies across Central Asia. The campaign favors cloud-based command channels...
Researchers Show How Malware Can Hijack Windows Hello Keys to Slip Into Microsoft Entra ID
New research demonstrates that malware running inside an active, unlocked Windows session can abuse Windows Hello for Business cryptographic keys to authenticate to Microsoft Entra ID, without ever...
ChainDrop Worm Spreads Through 400+ npm Packages, Raiding Developer and Cloud Credentials
A self-propagating worm dubbed ChainDrop has infected more than 400 npm packages by hijacking trusted publishing accounts, quietly harvesting npm, GitHub, cloud, and SSH credentials from developer machines...
The Gentlemen Ransomware Uses a Malicious Kernel Driver to Blind Security Tools Before Striking
A ransomware operation dubbed The Gentlemen is using a custom kernel-level driver to silently kill nearly 180 security processes before it starts encrypting files. Researchers say the driver...
North Korean Hackers Hide Malware Instructions Inside Ethereum Smart Contracts to Drain Crypto Wallets
A North Korean-linked campaign is using fake macOS update screens to trick victims into pasting a malicious command into Terminal, kicking off an infection chain that hunts for...
New ‘Pass-ta-key’ Attacks Show How Malware Can Silently Hijack Google’s Synced Passkeys
Unit 42 researchers have detailed three escalating attack techniques that let malware already on a Windows PC take over Google-synced passkeys without ever triggering a password, PIN, or...
Malicious ClawHub Skills Compromise AI Agents With Hidden Backdoors — 247,000 Installs, $2.3M Stolen
Researchers scanning 50,000 ClawHub skills — the official marketplace for the OpenClaw AI agent platform — found working remote control backdoors, credential stealers, and autonomous malware that installs...