September 2, 2026
- Nimbus Manticore / Mirage Kitten is now cross-platform, delivering the previously undocumented NodeRabbit and PollCat Node.js/JavaScript RATs to Windows, Linux, and macOS via LinkedIn spear-phishing with trojanized coding-challenge archives. Kaspersky reports targeting of aviation and FinTech in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Ethiopia, with C2 blended into Azure and Cloudflare traffic (Securelist, The Hacker News). · Threat Activity
in OpenAI Says Astra Crossed the Line: Autonomous Zero-Day Discovery at "Critical" Cyber Risk