SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 88
March 15, 2026 
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape
Malware Newsletter
New BoryptGrab Stealer Targets Windows Users via Deceptive GitHub Pages
Inside Coruna: Reverse Engineering a Nation-State iOS Exploit Kit From JavaScript
ClipXDaemon: Autonomous X11 Clipboard Hijacker Delivered via Bincrypter-Based Loader
New A0Backdoor Linked to Teams Impersonation and Quick Assist Social Engineering
VOID#GEIST: Stealthy MultiStage Python Loader with Embedded Runtime Deployment, Startup Persistence, and Fileless Early Bird APC Injection into explorer.exe
New ‘Zombie ZIP’ technique lets malware slip past security tools
Silence of the hops: The KadNap botnet
BeatBanker: A dual‑mode Android Trojan
BlackSanta EDR-Killer A Silent Threat Targeting Recruitment Workflows
TAXISPY RAT : Analysis of TaxiSpy RAT – Russian Banking – Focused Android Malware with Full Remote Control
A Slopoly start to AI-enhanced ransomware attacks
Oblivion: The New $300 Android RAT That Beats Every Major Phone Manufacturer’s Security
APT36: A Nightmare of Vibeware
Pixel Perfect: Sold Extension Injects Code Through Pixel
Sednit reloaded: Back in the trenches
VENON: The First Brazilian Banker RAT in Rust
Internet malware propagation: Dynamics and control through SEIRV epidemic model with relapse and intervention
Synergistic Directed Execution and LLM-Driven Analysis for Zero-Day AI-Generated Malware Detection
Representation-Centric Approach for Android Malware Classification: Interpretability-Driven Feature Engineering on Function Call Graphs
Systematic Evaluation of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models for IoT Malware Detection Across Ransomware, Rootkit, Spyware, Trojan, Botnet, Worm, Virus, and Keylogger
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Pierluigi Paganini
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