{"id":9685,"date":"2026-09-03T12:12:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/attackers-turn-trusted-node-js-runtime-into-malware-delivery-tool-in-targeted-attacks\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:12:31","slug":"attackers-turn-trusted-node-js-runtime-into-malware-delivery-tool-in-targeted-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/attackers-turn-trusted-node-js-runtime-into-malware-delivery-tool-in-targeted-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Attackers Turn Trusted Node.js Runtime Into Malware Delivery Tool in Targeted Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThreat actors are leveraging the trusted Node.js JavaScript runtime in multiple cyber attacks as a way to deploy malicious payloads.<\/p>\n<p>According to a new report published by the Symantec Threat Hunter Team today, the attack method has been put to use in attacks targeting government departments, technology companies, and hotels since February 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The technique&#8217;s appeal is that node.exe (the\u00a0Threat actors are leveraging the trusted Node.js JavaScript runtime in multiple cyber attacks as a way to deploy malicious payloads.<\/p>\n<p>According to a new report published by the Symantec Threat Hunter Team today, the attack method has been put to use in attacks targeting government departments, technology companies, and hotels since February 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The technique&#8217;s appeal is that node.exe (the\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThreat actors are leveraging the trusted Node.js JavaScript runtime in multiple cyber attacks as a way to deploy malicious payloads. According to a new report published by the Symantec Threat Hunter Team today, the attack method has been put to use in attacks targeting government departments, technology companies, and hotels since February 2026. &#8220;The technique&#8217;s&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/attackers-turn-trusted-node-js-runtime-into-malware-delivery-tool-in-targeted-attacks\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Attackers Turn Trusted Node.js Runtime Into Malware Delivery Tool in Targeted Attacks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}