⚡ Weekly Recap: Fast16 Malware, XChat Launch, Federal Backdoor, AI Employee Tracking & More

This week's cybersecurity update covers critical malware threats, supply chain attacks, and active threat group campaigns.

• •Fast16, a Lua-based malware developed in 2005, predates Stuxnet and targets high-precision calculation software to subtly alter results
• •UNC6692 deploys the Snow malware suite through Teams help desk impersonation to steal credentials and enable domain takeover
• •FIRESTARTER backdoor compromised a U.S. federal agency's Cisco Firepower device, surviving patches and reboots
• •Lotus Wiper data wiper malware targets Venezuelan energy systems, destroying recovery mechanisms and data
• •Bitwarden CLI supply chain attack injected malicious code to steal developer credentials with self-propagation capabilities