Government and policy organizations across Asia have become the target of a new campaign orchestrated by a China-nexus threat actor. The activity, which has targeted government and policy… Continue reading
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WordPress Backdoor Rebuilds Itself After Cleanup Using Files, Database, and Shared Memory
Ravie LakshmananOct 01, 2026Vulnerability / Web Security Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a WordPress compromise in which threat actors deployed multiple persistence mechanisms to ensure that the… Continue reading
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Russia’s Star Blizzard Targets 100+ Organizations With Fake Event Invites to Deliver Backdoor
Russian state hackers known as Star Blizzard have been using fake event invitations to trick people into installing a backdoor on their Windows computers, according to Microsoft. The campaigns,… Continue reading
Swati KhandelwalSep 22, 2026Vulnerability / Artificial Intelligence Malware already running on a Mac can quietly take over Meta’s Muse assistant and use the broad access its owner granted… Continue reading
Ravie LakshmananSep 21, 2026Endpoint Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign dubbed TASK#STOMP that delivers a PowerShell backdoor designed to harvest sensitive data… Continue reading
The Iran-linked “hacktivist” persona known as Handala Hack has been attributed to a Telegram-based surveillance backdoor called HEAVYGRAM and a Delphi-based utility known as CRUDEEXCLUDE. “HEAVYGRAM offers builtin… Continue reading
Ravie LakshmananSep 18, 2026Malware / Cyber Espionage The Pakistan-aligned threat group tracked as Transparent Tribe (aka APT36 and Earth Karkaddan) has been attributed to a fresh set of… Continue reading
Ravie LakshmananSep 17, 2026Malware / Cyber Espionage The China-aligned state-sponsored threat actor known as FamousSparrow has been observed deploying a previously unreported backdoor called SparroWocky in attacks targeting… Continue reading
Swati KhandelwalSep 14, 2026Network Security / Cyber Attack An attacker was operating inside the network of 3BB, one of Thailand’s largest broadband providers, and maintained remote control of… Continue reading
A China-linked hacking group exploited a flaw in Sogou Input Method, one of the most widely used tools for typing Chinese characters on Windows, to install a backdoor… Continue reading
