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A malvertising campaign is leveraging a fake Claude AI website to distribute a malicious MSI installer. The infection chain employs DLL sideloading via a legitimate G DATA executable to execute DonutLoader, which ultimately deploys a novel backdoor dubbed 'Beagle' for remote command execution and file manipulation.
Tropic Trooper is conducting a cyber espionage campaign targeting Chinese-speaking individuals in Asia using military-themed lures. The threat actors employ a trojanized SumatraPDF reader (TOSHIS loader) to deploy a custom AdaptixC2 Beacon that uses GitHub for command-and-control, ultimately establishing persistent remote access via VS Code tunnels.
Threat actors are actively abusing the QEMU hardware emulator to create hidden virtual machines on compromised hosts, effectively shielding their attack toolkits from endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions. Recent campaigns, including those linked to the PayoutsKing ransomware group, leverage this technique alongside vulnerability exploitation and legitimate remote access tools to establish persistence, harvest credentials, and exfiltrate data.
