#MalwarePayloads

Military-themed Email Scam Spreads Malware to Infect Pakistani Users

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June 21, 2024 at 09:45AM Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new phishing campaign targeting people in Pakistan, utilizing military-themed documents to deploy a custom backdoor called PHANTOM#SPIKE. The unsophisticated campaign’s ZIP file, posing as meeting minutes for a legitimate event, contains a CHM file and an executable backdoor, enabling remote access and command execution. Based … Read more

‘BattleRoyal’ Hackers Deliver DarkGate RAT Using Every Trick

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December 21, 2023 at 05:04PM An unidentified threat actor conducted numerous social engineering campaigns targeting American and Canadian organizations, aiming to infect them with the multifaceted DarkGate malware. Named “BattleRoyal,” the actor utilized a variety of techniques including phishing emails, fake browser updates, and exploit of Windows Defender vulnerability. The actor later switched to using … Read more