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Fake Laravel Packages on Packagist Deploy RAT on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Fake Laravel Packages on Packagist Deploy RAT on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged malicious Packagist PHP packages masquerading as Laravel utilities that act as a conduit for a cross-platform remote access trojan (RAT) that’s functional on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. The names of the packages are listed below – nhattuanbl/lara-helper (37 Downloads) nhattuanbl/simple-queue (29 Downloads) nhattuanbl/lara-swagger (49 Downloads)

APT41-Linked Silver Dragon Targets Governments Using Cobalt Strike and Google Drive C2

APT41-Linked Silver Dragon Targets Governments Using Cobalt Strike and Google Drive C2

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed Silver Dragon that has been linked to cyber attacks targeting entities in Europe and Southeast Asia since at least mid-2024. “Silver Dragon gains its initial access by exploiting public-facing internet servers and by delivering phishing emails thatRead More »APT41-Linked Silver Dragon Targets Governments Using Cobalt Strike and Google Drive C2

CISA Adds Actively Exploited VMware Aria Operations Flaw CVE-2026-22719 to KEV Catalog

CISA Adds Actively Exploited VMware Aria Operations Flaw CVE-2026-22719 to KEV Catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a recently disclosed security flaw impacting Broadcom VMware Aria Operations to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-22719 (CVSS score: 8.1), has been described as a case of command injectionRead More »CISA Adds Actively Exploited VMware Aria Operations Flaw CVE-2026-22719 to KEV Catalog

Fake Tech Support Spam Deploys Customized Havoc C2 Across Organizations

Fake Tech Support Spam Deploys Customized Havoc C2 Across Organizations

Threat hunters have called attention to a new campaign as part of which bad actors masqueraded as fake IT support to deliver the Havoc command-and-control (C2) framework as a precursor to data exfiltration or ransomware attack. The intrusions, identified by Huntress last month across five partner organizations, involved the threatRead More »Fake Tech Support Spam Deploys Customized Havoc C2 Across Organizations

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