Another day, another malicious JPEG, (Mon, Feb 23rd)

In his last two diaries, Xavier discussed recent malware campaigns that download JPEG files with embedded malicious payload[1,2]. At that point in time, I’ve not come across the malicious “MSI image” myself, but while I was going over malware samples that were caught by one of my customer’s e-mail proxies during last week, I found another campaign in which the same technique was used.

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Japanese chip-testing toolmaker Advantest suffers ransomware attack

Japanese tech testing company Advantest has suffered a ransomware attack, the company confirmed last Thursday, after detecting unusual activity within its IT environment on February 15, 2026. What happened? Tokyo-based Advantest is a leading manufactur… Continue reading Japanese chip-testing toolmaker Advantest suffers ransomware attack

Autonomous AI Agents Provide New Class of Supply Chain Attack

While this campaign targets crypto wallets and steals money, the methodology has far wider potential that could be used by other attackers. 
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Hackers Use Excel Exploit to Hide XWorm 7.2 in JPEG Files, Hijack PCs

A new phishing campaign is spreading XWorm 7.2 via malicious Excel files, hiding the malware in Windows processes, and using AES encryption to steal passwords and Wi-Fi keys. Continue reading Hackers Use Excel Exploit to Hide XWorm 7.2 in JPEG Files, Hijack PCs