VirtualBox is a technology platform tracked across 7 threat clusters and 11 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed December 26, 2025; most recent activity June 17, 2026.
VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization platform that lets users run guest operating systems in isolated virtual machines on a host machine. In cybersecurity contexts, it’s widely used to host security-focused Linux distros such as Parrot OS for testing, research, and malware analysis, enabling safe, reproducible lab environments. The articles describe Parrot OS 7.x releases, highlighting new tools and a major system overhaul, which users may evaluate or deploy within VirtualBox labs for security testing.
The DragonForce ransomware group has been observed using a custom malware, Backdoor.Turn, to conceal command-and-control (C&C) traffic within Microsoft Teams' relay infrastructure. This sophisticated technique allows…
In May 2026, a malspam campaign utilizing the Google DoubleClick domain was identified, delivering the DesckVB remote access trojan (RAT). The attack begins with an HTML email attachment that redirects users through…
Hackers are utilizing QEMU, an open-source virtual machine emulator, to create hidden Linux environments within Windows systems, effectively evading endpoint security tools. This method allows for long-term access,…
Parrot OS 7.0, codenamed Echo, has been officially released, featuring a complete system rewrite based on Debian 13. This version introduces KDE Plasma 6, Wayland by default, and an expanded suite of penetration testing…
Fedora has issued advisories regarding critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the xfreerdp and wlfreerdp Remote Desktop Protocol clients from the FreeRDP project. Users connecting to RDP servers, including…
A new social engineering campaign named ClickFix is targeting Windows users by presenting fake CAPTCHA verification pages. Victims are led to compromised websites that display fraudulent Cloudflare security checks,…
A fraudulent website mimicking the popular archiving tool 7-Zip is distributing a trojanized installer that compromises Windows PCs. Users who download files from the fake 7zip.com site are at risk of having their…