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Prompt injection in AWS AgentCore Harness default config lets the root shell tool steal plaintext AgentCore Identity credentials

Unit 42 researchers found that in default AWS AgentCore Harness deployments, prompt injection can steer the agent's built-in shell tool to exfiltrate plaintext credentials resolved from AgentCore Identity. The shell tool is enabled by default and runs as root, in the same UID as the harness runtime (PID 1, python3.10 -m loopy.server). Tha…

DPRK-linked supply chain campaigns (ChainDrop, PolinRider) use Web3 blockchain C2 to steal cloud credentials from developer and CI/CD environments

Unit 42 reports that threat actors are moving supply chain malware C2 from hardcoded endpoints to Web3 mechanisms, so an entire botnet or worm infrastructure can be re-pointed with a single blockchain transaction. The ChainDrop npm worm (Shai-Hulud family, 400+ npm packages) and the PolinRider campaign (npm, Go modules, Packagist) target …

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BUGSTER actor uses jailbroken Hermes Agent and DeepSeek V4 for credential theft, VoIP fraud planning and Wi-Fi cracking, hitting Indian universities

Unit 42 analyzed the operational environment of a previously unreported, financially motivated, English-speaking actor using the handle BUGSTER. The actor ran the Hermes Agent framework with DeepSeek V4 as its reasoning engine and the Cursor IDE as a secondary tool, with safety controls disabled in both. With AI-generated scripts and reco…

CL-UNK-1211 uses AI-generated payloads and SysGoRAT RAT to spy on government Linux servers

Unit 42 reports a campaign, tracked as CL-UNK-1211, that targeted government entities and state-affiliated infrastructure between October 2025 and April 2026. The cluster has not been attributed to a nation-state or to cybercrime. The attackers focused on Linux servers for reconnaissance, persistence and intelligence collection, including…