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New Stealthy Linux Backdoors Target Telecoms, Masquerade as Email Traffic

Linux backdoors targeting telecom and network-edge appliances in South Korea and Taiwan have been disguising their traffic as email and their processes as legitimate services on the devices they comp

1 min read 1 views Oct 05
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Malwarebytes Scam Link Check analyzes URLs and explains potential risks

Malwarebytes has launched the Malwarebytes Scam Link Check, a free web tool that lets anyone check whether a website link is safe or dangerous before clicking it. Users paste any suspicious URL, the kind that arrives by text, email, chat, or social media, and

1 min read 1 views Oct 05
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Linux Backdoor Abuses STUN Protocol, Exploits Dozens of Flaws

ClingSTUN operates as a back-connect proxy backdoor, sets up persistence, and contains exploits for self-propagation.

1 min read 2 views Oct 05
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ClingSTUN Linux Backdoor Abuses Public STUN Infrastructure

Affected Platforms: IoT DevicesImpacted Users: Any organizationImpact: Remote attackers gain control of the vulnerable systemsSeverity Level: High FortiGuard Labs has been tracking a Linux malware s

1 min read 1 views Oct 05
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Alleged dev of Ploutus ATM malware appears in US court after arrest

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the arrest of the alleged developer of Ploutus malware, used to steal millions of dollars in ATM jackpotting attacks across the United States.

5 min read 2 views Oct 05
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Mac malware can hide commands in your iCloud calendar

You probably use your calendar to keep track of appointments, birthdays and the occasional reminder you immediately snooze. Hackers apparently see another possibility. Security researchers have uncov

1 min read 2 views Oct 04
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Antino Backdoor Lets China-Linked UAT-11587 Turn Microsoft 365 Into a C2 Channel

Cisco Talos details UAT-11587, a China-linked group using the Antino backdoor and Microsoft 365 as cover to spy on Asian governments. Cisco Talos has been tracking a cluster of espionage activity since September 2025 that it calls UAT-11587, and by July 2026

1 min read 3 views Oct 03
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Antino Backdoor Uses Outlook and OneDrive for C2 in China-Nexus Espionage Campaign

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 organizations in Taiwan, India, the Philippines, Cambodia, Pakistan, Thailand, and Myanmar, involves the deploy

1 min read 3 views Oct 02
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Android malware can steal your PIN and bank logins

Your Android phone probably holds far more sensitive information than you realize. Banking apps, passwords and security codes can all pass through that little screen in your hand. A newly uncovered A

1 min read 7 views Oct 02
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Android 17 Advanced Protection Locks Accessibility Services to Verified Accessibility Tools

Google has announced a new security measure that limits access to Android's accessibility services to verified applications classified as Accessibility Tools when Advanced Protection is enabled. With malicious Android applications abusing the API serving as the main conduit for malware and financia

1 min read 3 views Oct 02
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macOS Users Targeted by Fake Zoom Installer Carrying CloudSyncD Backdoor

The dropper “carries a complete universal Mach-O inside itself, roughly 756 KB in the development build, and extracts it at runtime.

1 min read 2 views Oct 02
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Malicious Linux Implants Mimic Asian Mail Security Products

A trio of newly discovered backdoors walk and quack like legitimate edge solutions, so it's hard to tell they're not.

1 min read 2 views Oct 02

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