S4 Ep11: Of Mice and RATs

Out of the Woods: The Threat Hunting Podcast · Oct 8, 2026 · 49m

This week, we dig into a packed threat landscape starting with Silk Parasite and its sprawling ecosystem of modular RATs, DLL sideloading, Google Drive C2, and techniques designed to make familiar attacker behaviors harder to spot. We also explore how AI recommendation poisoning can quietly influence model memory and decision-making, before looking at a Rust supply-chain compromise where simply building a poisoned dependency could be enough to trigger execution. From modular malware to AI trust and developer ecosystems, the common thread is attackers finding new ways to hide inside tools and…