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QEMU Hijacked as Stealth Backdoor for Credential Theft, Ransomware

Attackers are increasingly abusing QEMU virtual machines to hide credential theft and ransomware staging inside “invisible” virtual environments, making detection and forensics significantly harder for defenders. QEMU is a legitimate open-source emulator and virtualizer that allows running full operating systems…

Fake Helpdesk Attack Uses Teams and Quick Assist to Breach Targets

Attackers are increasingly abusing Microsoft Teams and Windows Quick Assist to run a helpdesk‑themed social engineering attack chain that leads to full enterprise compromise and stealthy data theft. By impersonating IT support and relying on legitimate tools and protocols, adversaries can move…

TP-Link Routers Hit by Mirai in CVE-2023-33538 Attacks

Hackers are actively scanning for vulnerable TP-Link home routers to push Mirai-style malware, abusing CVE-2023-33538 in a new wave of automated attacks. While the current exploit attempts are technically flawed, researchers warn that the underlying bug is real and dangerous…

SEO Poisoning Attack Uses Microsoft Binary to Install RMM Tool

New research has exposed a search engine poisoning campaign that delivers a trojanized TestDisk installer, abuses a Microsoft-signed binary for DLL sideloading, and silently deploys the ScreenConnect remote monitoring and management (RMM) client for hands-on keyboard access. The rogue domain…

Industrial Systems Hit by New Email-Worm Threat Wave

Email-borne worms are driving a fresh wave of incidents against industrial control systems (ICS), even as overall malware activity on these networks appears to be slowly declining. New data from Q4 2025 shows that phishing-driven distribution of the XWorm backdoor…