GhostPoster Attack — Campaign Analysis & Threat Activity

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
1
occurrences
First Seen
December 17, 2025
Last Seen
December 17, 2025

GhostPoster Attack is a threat campaign tracked across 1 threat cluster and 1 intelligence report mention on ThreatCluster. First observed December 17, 2025; most recent activity December 17, 2025.

Overview

GhostPoster Attack is a threat campaign that uses PNG icons as a lure/vector to compromise Firefox users, reportedly affecting about 50,000 victims. The campaign highlights how image assets and iconography in browser contexts can be weaponized to deliver payloads, underscoring evolving social-engineering and drive-by techniques targeting mainstream browsers.

Related Threat Clusters

  • GhostPoster Attack Compromises 50,000 Firefox Users via PNG Icons

    The GhostPoster malware campaign has compromised approximately 50,000 Firefox users by exploiting browser extensions that disguise malicious payloads within PNG icons. This attack utilizes a steganography technique to…

    2 articles · Updated December 17, 2025

Recent Intelligence Reports

  • GhostPoster Attack Uses PNG Icons to Compromise 50,000 Firefox Users — Gbhackers · December 17, 2025

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown