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Stealit Malware Using Node.js to Hide in Fake Game and VPN Installers

Fortinet warns of Stealit, a MaaS infostealer, now targeting Windows systems and evading detection by using Node.js’s SEA feature while hiding in fake game and VPN installers.

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Stealit Malware Abuses Node.js Single Executable Feature via Game and VPN Installers

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active malware campaign called Stealit that has leveraged Node.js' Single Executable Application (SEA) feature as a way to distribute its payloads. According to Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, select iterations have also employed the open-source Electron framework to deliver the malware. It's assessed that the malware is being propagated through

Commentary Section Launches New, More Opinionated Era

Dark Reading is looking for leading industry experts with a point of view they want to share with the rest of the cybersecurity community for our new Commentary section.

Microsoft Warns of ‘Payroll Pirates’ Hijacking HR SaaS Accounts to Steal Employee Salaries

A threat actor known as Storm-2657 has been observed hijacking employee accounts with the end goal of diverting salary payments to attacker-controlled accounts. "Storm-2657 is actively targeting a range of U.S.-based organizations, particularly employees in sectors like higher education, to gain access to third-party human resources (HR) software as a service (SaaS) platforms like Workday," the

GHSA-rwvp-r38j-9rgg: rardecode: DoS risk due to unrestricted RAR dictionary sizes

rardecode versions <= 2.1.1 fail to restrict the dictionary size when reading large RAR dictionary sizes, which allows an attacker to provide a specially crafted RAR file and cause Denial of Service via an Out Of Memory Crash.

GHSA-6wwv-6mm3-pp76: Apache StreamPark contains an Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions vulnerability

Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions vulnerability in Apache StreamPark. This issue affects Apache StreamPark: from 2.1.4 before 2.1.6. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.1.6, which fixes the issue. Version 2.1.6 has yet to be published in the Maven registry.

GHSA-56r7-h6mw-rcfv: Elasticsearch: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File via reindex API

Insertion of sensitive information in log file in Elasticsearch can lead to loss of confidentiality under specific preconditions when auditing requests to the reindex API https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-reindex

From Detection to Patch: Fortra Reveals Full Timeline of CVE-2025-10035 Exploitation

Fortra on Thursday revealed the results of its investigation into CVE-2025-10035, a critical security flaw in GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) that's assessed to have come under active exploitation since at least September 11, 2025. The company said it began its investigation on September 11 following a "potential vulnerability" reported by a customer, uncovering "potentially suspicious

Millions of (very) private chats exposed by two AI companion apps

Two AI "girlfriend" apps have blabbed millions of intimate conversations from more than 400,000 users.