socket.devwriteupπ‘οΈ SecuritySocket's Threat Research Team traced 13 malicious Composer/Packagist theme packages (across vsmov, vsphim, haiau009, chilltvcms, ophimcms vendors) used by Vietnamese movie/comic streaming sites, which inject JavaScript running an ad-fraud/gambling redirect on all mobile visitors and, on unpatched iPhones, chain WebKit exploits (CVE-2025-31277, CVE-2025-43529) through a GPU-process pivot into a kernel escape via the AppleM2ScalerCSCDriver IOKit client (related to CVE-2026-43655) to install spyware. The payload exfiltrates keychain data, SMS, photos, contacts, and β after an August 2026 redeployment β directly steals crypto wallet seeds/mnemonics from Bitget, Phantom, Trust Wallet, and others. The report attributes delivery infrastructure to FUNNULL (Triad Nexus, OFAC-sanctioned operator Liu Lizhi), ties the exploit kit to the "DarkSword" iOS exploit family, and provides full IOCs, hashes, and MITRE ATT&CK mapping.
PackagistComposerPHP+4
CVE-2025-31277CVE-2025-43529CVE-2026-43655+8
Supply Chain, Mobile Security, Threat IntelΒ· Published and added 1 Sep 2026