The first version of the AdaptixC2 post-exploitation framework, which can be considered an alternative to the well-known Cobalt Strike, was made publicly available in early 2025. In spring of 2025, the framework was first observed being used for malicious means.
In October 2025, Kaspersky experts found that the npm ecosystem contained a malicious package with a fairly convincing name: https-proxy-utils. It was posing as a utility for using proxies within projects. At the time of this post, the package had already been taken down. The name of the package closely resembles popular legitimate packages: http-proxy-agent, which has approximately 70 million weekly downloads, and https-proxy-agent with 90 million downloads respectively.
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Source: Kaspersky
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