Claude Code in Cursor Planted an SSH Backdoor That Outlives Uninstall
Tampered Claude Code builds in Cursor’s marketplace planted SSH keys and startup scripts. Check versions 2.1.312/2.1.313 and the traces uninstalling leaves behind.
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Yoba Fake AI Installers Hide a Miner Behind Signed Apps
Check Point traced Yoba from fake ChatGPT and Claude downloads to signed-app DLL sideloading, a boot task and…
ZloyRAT Hides in a Fake Android Fuel Map and Radar
F6 traced ZloyRAT droppers behind fuel-map, radar and VPN lures. Learn why a normal website does not make…
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Coffin Locker Ransomware: Preserve Keys and Recover .coffin Files
Coffin Locker adds .coffin to files. Learn what to preserve before cleanup, why local key files matter, and how to assess safe…
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VBCSCompiler.exe: High CPU, Safe Shutdown, or Suspicious Copy?
VBCSCompiler.exe is usually a legitimate compiler server. Check high CPU, stop the right build server safely, and investigate an unexplained copy.
Trojan:Win32/Sabsik.EN.B!ml: Removal and False Positive Checks
Understand the exact Sabsik EN.B Defender alert, keep suspicious files quarantined, and use Gridinsoft Anti-Malware to investigate repeat detections.
Trojan:MSIL/Jalapeno!MTB: Removal and False-Positive Checks
Check Trojan:MSIL/Jalapeno!MTB by its file path and quarantine status. Separate browser-cache alerts from an installer that…
Domain Age of Flagged Online Stores: A Study of 1,000 Records
Gridinsoft studied 1,000 flagged store records. Compare domain ages for new records and updates, with date…
How Malware Abused Paste.tc: XWorm, LimeRAT, and AsyncRAT Cases
A cross-case investigation of how AsyncRAT, LimeRAT, and XWorm used Paste.tc raw pages as C2 resolvers…
Plushiefun.xyz PowerShell Chain Found Under HP Task Identities
Gridinsoft Labs observed plushiefun.xyz on nine endpoints where activity under Hewlett-Packard Diagnostics task identities led into…
Planet Search Chrome Extension: Is It Safe and How to Remove It
Planet Search can route Chrome searches through hidden intermediaries to Nextgeeker. Verify its ID, remove it,…
Rotating Names, Stable Loader: A Polymorphic CoinMiner Cluster on Chinese Windows Systems
Gridinsoft telemetry links 45 CoinMiner hashes across 34 Chinese Windows installations to rotating EXE names, signed…
OkoBot/TookPS: New C2 and GDrive Backup Sync Task
Gridinsoft Labs identifies 22tuk.digital as a new high-confidence TookPS/OkoBot callback and analyzes its encoded PowerShell launcher,…
Payment to Bank Details DOCX: Broken altChunk Lure Analysis
Static analysis of a suspicious Payment to Bank Details DOCX attachment with a broken altChunk/RTF import…
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