Malware Threats and Vulnerabilities in LangFlow Explored

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some intel being shared in the LimaCharlie community.

• A new malware strain known as OtterCookie, developed by the North Korean APT group Lazarus, has been dissected in a detailed technical analysis by offensive security expert Mauro Eldritch.
• Attackers are currently exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Langflow platform — an open-source Python-based web app used to build AI workflows and agents — to deliver a new botnet called Flodrix.
• A new campaign from an emerging threat group named Water Curse is targeting the software supply chain by leveraging GitHub repositories that masquerade as legitimate security tools.
• The threat actor known as Scattered Spider, also tracked as UNC3944 by Google and Mandiant, has apparently shifted its operational focus from the retail sector to the US insurance industry, according to a new alert from Google’s Threat Intelligence Group.