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Microsoft Uncovers New XCSSET macOS Malware Variant with Advanced Obfuscation Tactics

Microsoft Uncovers New XCSSET macOS Malware Variant with Advanced Obfuscation Tactics

Feb 17, 2025 Endpoint Security / Malware
Microsoft said it has discovered a new variant of a known Apple macOS malware called XCSSET as part of limited attacks in the wild. "Its first known variant since 2022, this latest XCSSET malware features enhanced obfuscation methods, updated persistence mechanisms, and new infection strategies," the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said in a post shared on X. "These enhanced features add to this malware family's previously known capabilities, like targeting digital wallets, collecting data from the Notes app, and exfiltrating system information and files." XCSSET is a sophisticated modular macOS malware that's known to target users by infecting Apple Xcode projects. It was first documented by Trend Micro in August 2020. Subsequent iterations of the malware have been found to adapt to compromise newer versions of macOS as well as Apple's own M1 chipsets. In mid-2021, the cybersecurity company noted that XCSSET had been updated to exfiltrate d...
"TeaM DNA StuXnet Shell v1.0" is ripped copy of "Predator Shell" !

"TeaM DNA StuXnet Shell v1.0" is ripped copy of "Predator Shell" !

Mar 12, 2011
" TeaM DNA StuXnet Shell v1.0 " is ripped copy of " Predator Shell " ! " TeaM DNA StuXnet " have submit us a shell named " TeaM DNA StuXnet Shell v1.0 " to publish as news, They claimed that this is a news and original shell. Shell is created by " Cyb3r Ac3 " . We request  Pakistan Cyber Army (Real PCA is Reality) for some research on a new shell posted by " TeaM DNA StuXnet ". Finally we got whole report that The " TeaM DNA StuXnet Shell v1.0 " is 100% ripped copy of " Predator Shell " Written by " LoFFi & Ls01r " who are said to be some " Russian " freaks.They just find and replace "color=#888888" with "color=#0961d9" .The best part about this shell is " LoFFi & Ls01r " also ripped another shell named " crashblack a.k.a vi0ne " an Indonesian hacker who wrote the shell named " System Shell ". " LoFFi & Ls01r " tran...
EvilGnome: A New Backdoor Implant Spies On Linux Desktop Users

EvilGnome: A New Backdoor Implant Spies On Linux Desktop Users

Jul 17, 2019
Security researchers have discovered a rare piece of Linux spyware that's currently fully undetected across all major antivirus security software products, and includes rarely seen functionalities with regards to most Linux malware, The Hacker News learned. It's a known fact that there are a very few strains of Linux malware exist in the wild as compared to Windows viruses because of its core architecture and also due to its low market share, and also many of them don't even have a wide range of functionalities. In recent years, even after the disclosure of severe critical vulnerabilities in various flavors of Linux operating systems and software, cybercriminals failed to leverage most of them in their attacks. Instead, a large number of malware targeting Linux ecosystem is primarily focused on cryptocurrency mining attacks for financial gain and creating DDoS botnets by hijacking vulnerable servers. However, researchers at security firm Intezer Labs recently d...
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New SparrowDoor Backdoor Variants Found in Attacks on U.S. and Mexican Organizations

New SparrowDoor Backdoor Variants Found in Attacks on U.S. and Mexican Organizations

Mar 26, 2025 Malware / Vulnerability
The Chinese threat actor known as FamousSparrow has been linked to a cyber attack targeting a trade group in the United States and a research institute in Mexico to deliver its flagship backdoor SparrowDoor and ShadowPad. The activity, observed in July 2024, marks the first time the hacking crew has deployed ShadowPad , a malware widely shared by Chinese state-sponsored actors. "FamousSparrow deployed two previously undocumented versions of the SparrowDoor backdoor, one of them modular," ESET said in a report shared with The Hacker News. "Both versions constitute considerable progress over previous ones and implement parallelization of commands." FamousSparrow was first documented by the Slovak cybersecurity company in September 2021 in connection with a series of cyber attacks aimed at hotels, governments, engineering companies, and law firms with SparrowDoor, an implant exclusively used by the group. Since then, there have been reports of the adversarial...
North Korea-linked Actors Exploit React2Shell to Deploy New EtherRAT Malware

North Korea-linked Actors Exploit React2Shell to Deploy New EtherRAT Malware

Dec 09, 2025 Vulnerability / Malware
Threat actors with ties to North Korea have likely become the latest to exploit the recently disclosed critical React2Shell security flaw in React Server Components (RSC) to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan dubbed EtherRAT . "EtherRAT leverages Ethereum smart contracts for command-and-control (C2) resolution, deploys five independent Linux persistence mechanisms, and downloads its own Node.js runtime from nodejs.org," Sysdig said in a report published Monday. The cloud security firm said the activity exhibits significant overlap with a long-running campaign codenamed Contagious Interview , which has been observed leveraging the EtherHiding technique to distribute malware since February 2025. Contagious Interview is the name given to a series of attacks in which blockchain and Web3 developers, among others, are targeted through fake job interviews, coding assignments, and video assessments, leading to the deployment of malware. These efforts typi...
Remotely Exploitable 'Bash Shell' Vulnerability Affects Linux, Unix and Apple Mac OS X

Remotely Exploitable 'Bash Shell' Vulnerability Affects Linux, Unix and Apple Mac OS X

Sep 25, 2014
A Critical remotely exploitable vulnerability has been discovered in the widely used Linux and Unix command-line shell, known as Bash , aka the GNU Bourne Again Shell , leaving countless websites, servers, PCs, OS X Macs, various home routers, and many more open to the cyber criminals. Earlier today, Stephane Chazelas publicly disclosed the technical details of the remote code execution vulnerability in Bash which affects most of the Linux distributions and servers worldwide. REMOTELY EXPLOITABLE SHELLSHOCK The vulnerability (CVE-2014-6271) affects versions 1.14 through 4.3 of GNU Bash and being named as Bash Bug , and Shellshock by the Security researchers on the Internet discussions. According to the technical details, a hacker could exploit this bash bug to execute shell commands remotely on a target machine using specifically crafted variables. " In many common configurations, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, " Stephane said. This 22-ye...
Ani-Shell v1.4 Released With Python - Bind Shell , Anti-Crawler Feature and MD5 Cracker

Ani-Shell v1.4 Released With Python - Bind Shell , Anti-Crawler Feature and MD5 Cracker

Sep 25, 2011
Ani-Shell v1.4 Released With Python - Bind Shell , Anti-Crawler Feature and MD5 Cracker Ani-Shell is a simple PHP shell with some unique features like Mass Mailer , A simple Web-Server Fuzzer , a DDoser , A MD5 hash Cracker , Python and PHP Bind-Shells , Anti-Crawler Features etc! This shell has immense capabilities and have been written with some coding standards in mind for better editing and customization! New Features :- MD5 Hash Cracker Python Bind-Shell Anti-Crawler Function Shell Support for some Older Servers Better CSS Whole New Logo Ani-Shell Project Page : https://sourceforge.net/projects/ani-shell/ Ani-Shell Homepage : https://ani-shell.sourceforge.net/ Default login : lionaneesh Default password : lionaneesh
Devil Shell v1.1 [new Release] Download !

Devil Shell v1.1 [new Release] Download !

Feb 21, 2011
Devil Shell v1.1 [new Release] Download ! Nice to share next version of shell with all of you with new features * DDoS * Information area [server ip,server port,etc] * Design new * Download any File * Remove some Bugs Comming Soon in Next Version * Mail Bomb * SQL Query You can Download at :Download Devil Shell v1.1 *Note: Only for testing purpose awl are work properly but still will do more updates sooner but enjoy this version secure fast and reliable only for hacknuts members Shell Username: ugdevil Shell Password: 1234567  download link  https://www.filefactory.com/file/b581cff/n/ugdevil.rar Archie Password is : hacknuts News Source :  UNDERGROUND DEVIL
New 'HrServ.dll' Web Shell Detected in APT Attack Targeting Afghan Government

New 'HrServ.dll' Web Shell Detected in APT Attack Targeting Afghan Government

Nov 25, 2023 Cyber Attack / Threat Intelligence
An unspecified government entity in Afghanistan was targeted by a previously undocumented web shell called  HrServ  in what's suspected to be an advanced persistent threat (APT) attack. The web shell, a dynamic-link library (DLL) named "hrserv.dll," exhibits "sophisticated features such as custom encoding methods for client communication and in-memory execution," Kaspersky security researcher Mert Degirmenci  said  in an analysis published this week. The Russian cybersecurity firm said it identified variants of the malware dating all the way back to early 2021 based on the compilation timestamps of these artifacts. Web shells are typically  malicious tools  that provide remote control over a compromised server. Once uploaded, it allows threat actors to carry out a range of post-exploitation activities, including data theft, server monitoring, and lateral advancement within the network. The attack chain involves the  PAExec  remote administra...
New Cryptojacking Attack Targets Docker API to Create Malicious Swarm Botnet

New Cryptojacking Attack Targets Docker API to Create Malicious Swarm Botnet

Oct 01, 2024 Cryptojacking / Docker Security
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new cryptojacking campaign targeting the Docker Engine API with the goal of co-opting the instances to join a malicious Docker Swarm controlled by the threat actor. This enabled the attackers to "use Docker Swarm's orchestration features for command-and-control (C2) purposes," Datadog researchers Matt Muir and Andy Giron said in an analysis. The attacks leverage Docker for initial access to deploy a cryptocurrency miner on compromised containers, while also fetching and executing additional payloads that are responsible for conducting lateral movement to related hosts running Docker, Kubernetes, or SSH. Specifically, this involves identifying unauthenticated and exposed Docker API endpoints using Internet scanning tools, such as masscan and ZGrab . On vulnerable endpoints, the Docker API is used to spawn an Alpine container and then retrieve an initialization shell script (init.sh) from a remote server ("solscan[.]liv...
New Mirai Variant and ZHtrap Botnet Malware Emerge in the Wild

New Mirai Variant and ZHtrap Botnet Malware Emerge in the Wild

Mar 16, 2021
Cybersecurity researchers on Monday disclosed a new wave of ongoing attacks exploiting multiple vulnerabilities to deploy new Mirai variants on internet connected devices. "Upon successful exploitation, the attackers try to download a malicious shell script, which contains further infection behaviors such as downloading and executing Mirai variants and brute-forcers," Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 Threat Intelligence Team  said  in a write-up. The rash of vulnerabilities being exploited include: VisualDoor  - a SonicWall SSL-VPN remote command injection vulnerability that came to light earlier this January CVE-2020-25506  - a D-Link DNS-320 firewall remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability CVE-2021-27561 and CVE-2021-27562  - Two vulnerabilities in Yealink Device Management that allow an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary commands on the server with root privileges CVE-2021-22502  - an RCE flaw in Micro Focus Operation Bridge Reporter (OBR), a...
How to Run Ubuntu on latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14316

How to Run Ubuntu on latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14316

Apr 07, 2016
As reported last week, Microsoft will launch an 'Anniversary Update' for Windows 10 that will bring Ubuntu file system, allowing you to use Bash to run command-line Linux applications without a virtual machine. However, you do not have to wait until this summer to run Bash ( Bourne Again Shell ) on your Windows 10 OS, as Microsoft has released the first preview build of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update to the members of its Insider program. Don't expect it to run Ubuntu directly on Windows 10, as this is basically Ubuntu user-space packages running natively on Windows 10 by the company coming up with real-time translation of Linux system calls into Windows system calls. This new Bash Shell support features a full Ubuntu user space complete with support for tools including ssh, apt, rsync, find, grep, awk, sed, sort, xargs, md5sum, gpg, curl, wget, apache, mysql, python, perl, ruby, php, vim, emacs and more. Windows 10 build 14316's biggest addition is...
Ani Shell v1.3 Released -- Mail Bomber (with less spam detection) & PHP Decoder

Ani Shell v1.3 Released -- Mail Bomber (with less spam detection) & PHP Decoder

Jul 24, 2011
Ani Shell v1.3 Released -- Mail Bomber (with less spam detection) & PHP Decoder Introduction Ani-Shell is a simple PHP shell with some unique features like Mass Mailer , A simple Web-Server Fuzzer , DDoser, Back Connect , Bind Shell etc etc ! This shell has immense capabilities and have been written with some coding standards in mind for better editing and customization. Customisation 1. Email Trace back is set to Off as default and emails will not be sent , If you are setting this feature on make sure you change the default email address (lionaneesh@gmail.com) to Your email address , Please Change it before using. 2. Username and Passwords are set to lionaneesh and lionaneesh respectively , Please change them for better security. 3. As a default Lock Mode is set to on! This should not be change unless you want your shell exposed. Default Login Username : lionaneesh Password : lionaneesh Features Shell Platform Independent Mass - Maile...
New Malware Targets Exposed Docker APIs for Cryptocurrency Mining

New Malware Targets Exposed Docker APIs for Cryptocurrency Mining

Jun 18, 2024 Vulnerability / Cryptojacking
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malware campaign that targets publicly exposed Docket API endpoints with the aim of delivering cryptocurrency miners and other payloads. Included among the tools deployed is a remote access tool that's capable of downloading and executing more malicious programs as well as a utility to propagate the malware via SSH, cloud analytics platform Datadog said in a report published last week. Analysis of the campaign has uncovered tactical overlaps with a previous activity dubbed Spinning YARN , which was observed targeting misconfigured Apache Hadoop YARN, Docker, Atlassian Confluence, and Redis services for cryptojacking purposes. The attack commences with the threat actors zeroing in on Docker servers with exposed ports (port number 2375 ) to initiate a series of steps, starting with reconnaissance and privilege escalation before proceeding to the exploitation phase. Payloads are retrieved from adversary-controlled infrastructure by...
AntiSecShell v.0.5 Shell Released by underground hackers of Antisec

AntiSecShell v.0.5 Shell Released by underground hackers of Antisec

Jul 15, 2011
AntiSecShell v.0.5 Shell Released by underground hackers of Antisec AntiSecShell (ASS) was built by the underground hacking community and groups like h0no, ac1db1tch3z and others who wish to remainanonymous, have helped altogether to create this new shell. It hasmany functions but most important of all - it bypasses ALL securityof web servers. It is not only a php shell it is a symbol offreedom and the anti-sec movement which we, the hacking underground, approve and support. Note : Shell can be backdoored, Use at your own Risk. Download the shell :  .....Link Removed..... Username : antisec Password : forever Message By Hackers : "On 25.07.2011 at the IRC of notorious group Anonymous (we support them too), underground groups will reveal 0-day exploits exclusively only for selected members with verification code. The code is in the AntiSecShell we released earlier, it is displayed at the bottom of the page. What will 0-days cover you ask? - Apache 2.X branch R...
New BPFDoor Controller Enables Stealthy Lateral Movement in Linux Server Attacks

New BPFDoor Controller Enables Stealthy Lateral Movement in Linux Server Attacks

Apr 16, 2025 Cyber Espionage / Network Security
Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a new controller component associated with a known backdoor called BPFDoor as part of cyber attacks targeting telecommunications, finance, and retail sectors in South Korea, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Egypt in 2024. "The controller could open a reverse shell," Trend Micro researcher Fernando Mercês said in a technical report published earlier in the week. "This could allow lateral movement, enabling attackers to enter deeper into compromised networks, allowing them to control more systems or gain access to sensitive data. The campaign has been attributed with medium confidence to a threat group it tracks as Earth Bluecrow, which is also known as DecisiveArchitect, Red Dev 18, and Red Menshen. The lower confidence level boils down to the fact that the BPFDoor malware source code was leaked in 2022 , meaning it could also have bee adopted by other hacking groups. BPFDoor is a Linux backdoor that first came to light in...
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