#backdoors


Malicious Claude Code extension on Cursor planted SSH backdoors

Oct 30, 2026 // 17:56

A malicious version of Anthropic’s Claude Code VS Code extension was distributed through Cursor’s extension marketplace for approximately 11 hours on October 29, exposing up […]

Linux Backdoors Impersonate Email Security Tools to Evade Detection in Korea and Taiwan

Oct 7, 2026 // 12:35

Linux backdoors targeting telecom and network appliances in South Korea and Taiwan have been disguising their traffic as email services and seemingly legitimate processes to […]

Jade Sleet Linked to Indian IT Provider Breach With FLATROOF and ROOFDECK Backdoors

Sep 21, 2026 // 11:22

The North Korean threat actor known as Jade Sleet has been attributed to the compromise of an India-based “much smaller organization” in the information technology […]

Three Threat Groups Target Russian Enterprises With Backdoors, Ransomware, and Wipers

Sep 16, 2026 // 18:30

Enterprises in Russia have emerged as the target of three threat activity clusters tracked as NightEagle, Hacking Cat, and Toy Ghouls, according to multiple reports […]

Malcious Admin Menu Editor Pro plugin backdoors 1,500 WordPress sites

Sep 15, 2026 // 23:57

Malicious versions of the Admin Menu Editor Pro plugin for WordPress have been distributed to more than 200 customers after a threat actor compromised the […]

Attackers Chain JFrog Artifactory Flaws to Gain Admin Control and Plant Backdoors

Sep 11, 2026 // 10:39

Attackers have chained two flaws in JFrog Artifactory, the repository that software build pipelines pull from, to take administrator control of self-hosted servers and plant […]

PEEP Turns Chrome and Edge Into Post-Compromise Backdoors for Host Command Execution

Sep 8, 2026 // 01:13

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a complex Chromium-based post-exploitation toolkit called PEEP that masquerades as a bookmarks extension for the web browser. “Requiring prior […]

⚡ Weekly Recap: Chinese Spy Proxy, AI Agents Go Off-Task, Router Backdoors and More

Aug 31, 2026 // 20:52

The boring parts caused most of the trouble. A router shipped ready to listen. A fake check turned the user into the installer. Trusted systems […]

⚡ Weekly Recap: AI Goes Rogue, Metabase 0-Day, MCP Supply-Chain Attacks, and Router Backdoors

Aug 10, 2026 // 18:40

A lot of security problems still begin with someone doing a completely normal thing. Cloning a repo. Answering a call. Leaving a box exposed. Trusting […]

Hackers breach TrueConf to trojanize client installers with backdoors

Aug 8, 2026 // 21:17

The Head Mare hacktivist group has been exploiting vulnerabilities in unpatched TrueConf video conferencing servers to replace client installers with malicious versions that deliver backdoors. The […]

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