Hackers Leverage Steganographic Images to Bypass Anti-Malware Scans and Deploy Malware Payloads

A malicious NPM package named buildrunner-dev has been caught hiding .NET malware inside innocent-looking PNG images, using steganography to slip past antivirus tools and deliver a Remote Access Trojan onto Windows systems. Discovered in February 2026, this campaign signals a notable shift in supply chain attack methods, where the actual malicious code remains completely invisible inside what […]

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