Uncover a sophisticated malware campaign using GitHub's release infrastructure to distribute the dangerous Lumma Stealer Trojan. Learn more.

Explore the dangers of SectopRAT malware, a sophisticated Remote Access Trojan known for its stealthy data exfiltration techniques.

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Elastic uncovers a sophisticated ClickFix campaign deploying the GHOSTPULSE loader to deliver ARECHCLIENT2 malware, leveraging social engineering for credential theft and remote access.

A 42-day Akira ransomware attack started with one ClickFix CAPTCHA that deployed SectopRAT. The attackers went undetected despite EDRs, stealing 1 TB and deleting cloud storage backups.

Many defensive systems monitor domain name queries as their primary window into outbound malicious activity – but malware families are increasingly circumventing this approach by communicati…