MALFEX npm Package 'imgdecode' Hides Shellcode Loader in Windows Native Addon

2026-10-17T19:23:59Z•fa0c2c21567ea297d1dbc522b0ba4cede2312d2a5546e4a65de7041d487ead35
CVE-2025-61624CVE-2026-0322CVE-2026-102764CVE-2026-1051CVE-2026-105133CVE-2026-105740CVE-2026-99999BeyondTrustDrupalFortinetGitHubLinuxMicrosoft-365Next.jsOpenBSDPalo-Alto-Networksactive-exploitationadversary-in-the-middlecloud-securitycredential-theftcryptominingmalwarenpmphishingprivilege-escalationransomware?remote-code-executionsoftware-supply-chainvirtualization-escapeweb-shellzero-day

What happened

The feed reports multiple significant cybersecurity developments, including active exploitation of vulnerabilities in enterprise software and security appliances, supply-chain and update-server compromises, credential theft, phishing, malware deployment, and critical remote-code-execution and virtualization flaws. Notable items include exploitation of BeyondTrust, FortiOS, PAN-OS, Langflow, AhsayCBS, Drupal, Next.js, and Linux kernel vulnerabilities, along with campaigns targeting GitHub accounts, Microsoft 365 tenants, Taiwan research organizations, CIS governments, and cloud environments.

Why it matters

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2026-10-17T19:23:59Z
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