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Hackers hijacked the eScan Antivirus update mechanism in malware campaign

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APRIL 24, 2024

Puppeteer orchestrates the core functionality of the malware, including the cryptocurrency mining as well as the backdoor deployment. This loader is a simple PE that decompresses another shellcode using Gzip and executes it in a separate thread that kiads the Stage 3 malware Puppeteer.

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Researchers uncovered a new Malware Builder dubbed APOMacroSploit

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In order to avoid detection, the BAT scripts add the malware location in the exclusion path of Windows Defender and disabling Windows cleanup before executing the malware. BitRAT implements multiple features, including mining cryptocurrencies and RAT features.

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Hackers hijacked the eScan Antivirus update mechanism in malware campaign

Researchers uncovered a new Malware Builder dubbed APOMacroSploit

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