Background In March 2025, cybersecurity researchers disclosed a highly sophisticated targeted attack campaign named “Operation ForumTroll.” Orchestrated by an unidentified state-sponsored APT group, ...

$ python3 win_x86_shellcoder.py -h usage: win_x86_shellcoder.py [-h] [-b BADCHARS] [-r] [-w] [-e {process,thread,none}] {reverse,bind,exec,egghunter,loadfile ...

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A fake CAPTCHA scam is tricking Windows users into running PowerShell commands that install StealC malware and steal passwords, crypto wallets, and more.

From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing traffic destined to example.com—a domain reserved for testing purposes—to a ...

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Indicator species are living organisms that tell us that something has changed or is going to change in their environment. They can be easily observed, and studying them is considered a cost-effective ...

Command Line Interfaces (CLIs) are tools that can be accessed exclusively from the command line that generally serve some utility. There is a vibrant community of Node.js CLI utilities, ranging from ...

Abstract: Shellcodes are short, executable code fragments that are utilized in various attack scenarios where code execution is possible. When they are injected through the program's inputs, they may ...