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Bun Runtime Used as Base for Malware Assembly

July 25, 2026

The Bun runtime, a legitimate JavaScript runtime built on Apple's JavaScriptCore engine, is used by the SourTrade malvertising campaign as a base for assembling malware executables in the victim's browser. The browser retrieves a clean Bun runtime from a secondary domain, and attacker-controlled bytecode is inserted to create the final executable.