{"id":"rust-blog-b43ceb7ae295","seq":297,"kind":"release","title":"Be alert: targeted attacks on prominent Rustaceans","url":"https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/09/17/targeted-attacks/","permalink":"https://vulnpulse.app/items/rust-blog-b43ceb7ae295","summary":"We believe that there is an ongoing campaign targeting rust-lang members and owners of popular crates that is attempting to compromise devices and accounts in order to use them to publish malware. What we've seen A video call is set up for something positive — maybe for a job, maybe for a project, maybe for a contract opportunity — and then that's used as a vector to either get the target to install something on their computer (such as a purportedly missing audio codec) or execute another command (for example, via putting a command on the clipboard). These attackers are setting up new but leg…","severity":null,"techs":["rust"],"cves":[],"tags":[],"source":{"id":"rust-blog","name":"Rust Blog"},"published_at":"2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-21T16:17:45.686Z"}