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Nimbus Manticore Delivers Cross-Platform Node.js RATs via Fake Recruiting Coding Tests

2026-09-01 15:28 UTC · The Hacker News · read the source ↗ #apt#malware#social-engineering
  • Engineer — Learn: No KEV or PoC; the threat is primarily social-engineering toward developers, not a patchable software flaw. Worth reviewing whether developer workstations enforce controls on arbitrary Node.js execution from downloaded archives.
  • SOC/IR — Plan: Two new undocumented cross-platform RAT families using Node.js/JavaScript targeting Linux and macOS; build behavioral detections for suspicious Node.js child-process spawning on developer endpoints following unsolicited external file execution.
  • Leader — Learn: Iranian state actor expanding toolset to target developers on Linux and macOS via recruitment lures — useful background for the next security-awareness cycle, but no immediate leadership action is indicated without published IOCs or sector-specific targeting data.
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