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Analyzing TeamPCP’s Supply Chain Attacks: Checkmarx KICS and elementary-data in CI/CD Credential Theft

Our research examines the April 22 Checkmarx KICS and April 24 elementary-data incidents as part of a broader TeamPCP supply chain campaign. Across both cases, the actor abused trusted CI/CD and release workflows to steal credentials at scale.

Weaponizing Trust Signals: Claude Code Lures and GitHub Release Payloads

A packaging error in Anthropic’s Claude Code npm release briefly exposed internal source code. This entry examines how threat actors rapidly weaponized the resulting attention, pivoting an existing AI-themed campaign to spread Vidar and GhostSocks.

Claude Code Packaging Error Remains a Lure in an Active Campaign: What Defenders Should Do

Threat actors leveraged Anthropic’s Claude Code npm release packaging error to distribute Vidar, GhostSocks,β€―and PureLogβ€―Stealer. This blog details immediate steps organizations can take and best practices to prevent further risk.

Axios NPM Package Compromised: Supply Chain Attack Hits JavaScript HTTP Client with 100M+ Weekly Downloads

A supply chain attack hit Axios when attackers used stolen npm credentials to publish malicious versions containing a phantom dependency. This triggered a cross-platform RAT during installation and replaced its files with clean decoys, making detection challenging.

Weaponizing Trust Signals: Claude Code Lures and GitHub Release Payloads

A packaging error in Anthropic’s Claude Code npm release briefly exposed internal source code. This entry examines how threat actors rapidly weaponized the resulting attention, pivoting an existing AI-themed campaign to spread Vidar and GhostSocks.

Web Shells, Tunnels, and Ransomware: Dissecting a Warlock Attack

Warlock continues to enhance its attack chain with new tactics to improve persistence, lateral movement, and defense evasion using an expanded toolset: TightVNC Yuze, and a persistent BYOVD technique leveraging the NSec driver.

PureRAT Campaign Targets Job Seekers, Abuses Foxit PDF Reader for DLL Side-loading

Job seekers looking out for opportunities might instead find their personal devices compromised, as a PureRAT campaign propagated through email leverages Foxit PDF Reader for concealment and DLL side-loading for initial entry.

Self-Propagating Malware Spreading Via WhatsApp, Targets Brazilian Users

Trendβ„’ Research has identified an active campaign spreading via WhatsApp through a ZIP file attachment. When executed, the malware establishes persistence and hijacks the compromised WhatsApp account to send copies of itself to the victim’s contacts.

New LockBit 5.0 Targets Windows, Linux, ESXi

Trendβ„’ Research analyzed source binaries from the latest activity from notorious LockBit ransomware with their 5.0 version that exhibits advanced obfuscation, anti-analysis techniques, and seamless cross-platform capabilities for Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems.

New Ransomware Charon Uses Earth Baxia APT Techniques to Target Enterprises

We uncovered a campaign that makes use of Charon, a new ransomware family, and advanced APT-style techniques to target organizations with customized ransom demands.

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