Over 25% of malicious JavaScript code is obfuscated by so-called 'packers', a software packaging method that has given attackers a way of evading signature-based detection, according to security and ...

A research that analyzed over 10,000 samples of diverse malicious software written in JavaScript concluded that roughly 26% of it is obfuscated to evade detection and analysis. Obfuscation is when ...

IntroductionOn May 14, 2026, the Zscaler ThreatLabz team identified unusually high activity associated with the threat actor SmartApeSG to deploy malware. During our examination, we discovered ...

One sign that digital miscreants are growing in their level of sophistication is their method of hiding malicious code to evade detection, according to new research from San Jose, Calif.-based Finjan ...

A credential phishing campaign that likely relied on AI-generated code to evade detection has been stopped by Microsoft Threat Intelligence. The attack, which targeted organizations in the US, ...

A newly-discovered malicious package with layers of obfuscation is disguised as a utility library, with malware essentially hiding in plain sight in embedded QR codes. QR codes are ubiquitous these ...