A novel remote access trojan (RAT) being distributed via a Russian-language spear-phishing campaign is using unique manipulation of Windows Registry to evade most security detections, demonstrating a significant evolution in fileless malware techniques. Dubbed DarkWatchman, the RAT – discovered by researchers at Prevailion’s Adversarial Counterintelligence Team (PACT) – uses the registry on Windows systems for […]
Unlike traditional malware, which relies on a file being written to a disk, fileless malware is intended to be memory resident only, ideally leaving no trace after its execution. The malicious payload exists in the computer’s memory, which means nothing is ever written directly to the hard drive. For an attacker, fileless malware has two […]
FIN7, closely associated with the notorious Carbanak group, is behind a targeted phishing campaign singling out restaurants with fileless malware that is difficult to detect. The recent campaign incorporates, “never before seen evasive techniques that allow (malware) to bypass most security solutions,” wrote researchers at Morphisec Lab in a report release on Friday.
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