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Lotus Wiper Hits Energy Sector in Destructive Cyberattack

Hackers have deployed a new destructive malware, dubbed Lotus Wiper , in a targeted cyberattack against energy and utilities organizations in Venezuela, aiming not to extort money but to destroy data and disrupt operations permanently. Artifacts from the Lotus Wiper attack chain…

Auraboros RAT Adds Live Audio, Keylogging, and Cookie Theft via Open C2 Panel

A fully exposed command-and-control (C2) panel for a previously undocumented remote access trojan (RAT) framework dubbed Auraboros, supporting live audio streaming, intensive keylogging, browser credential theft, and multi-cookie hijacking all accessible over the internet with zero authentication. Further inspection revealed “Auraboros…

Namastex npm Packages Spread TeamPCP-Style CanisterWorm Malware

Compromised Namastex npm packages are delivering a new TeamPCP-style CanisterWorm variant that targets developer secrets, browser and wallet data, and then attempts to spread across npm and PyPI ecosystems using canister-backed exfiltration infrastructure. The campaign closely mirrors the original CanisterWorm,…

Hackers Tie Iranian Espionage to CastleRAT and ChainShell

A direct operational link between Iran’s MuddyWater espionage group and the Russian TAG-150 CastleRAT malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform, showing how state and criminal ecosystems are now tightly intertwined. Investigators recovered 15 malware samples, including at least two CastleRAT “builds” and a…

PureRAT Hides PE Payloads in PNGs for Fileless Execution

A multi-stage PureRAT campaign that hides portable executable (PE) payloads inside PNG images and executes them almost entirely in memory, making detection and forensics significantly harder for defenders. The campaign combines steganography, PowerShell-based loaders, UAC bypass, process hollowing, and anti-virtualization…