New PEAKLIGHT Dropper Deployed in Attacks Targeting Windows with Malicious Movie Downloads
August 23, 2024 at 12:18PM Cybersecurity researchers revealed a new dropper facilitating the distribution of information stealers and loaders on Windows systems. The dropper decrypts and executes a PowerShell-based downloader, known as PEAKLIGHT, which then fetches additional malware payloads. The attack chain begins with the distribution of Windows shortcut (LNK) files within ZIP archives disguised … Read more