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fromThe Hacker News
2 hours ago

Trojanized Gaming Tools Spread Java-Based RAT via Browser and Chat Platforms

Threat actors distribute trojanized gaming utilities via browsers and chat platforms to deploy a multi-purpose RAT that establishes persistence through scheduled tasks and evades detection via Microsoft Defender exclusions.
fromTheregister
5 months ago

ChillyHell modular macOS malware OKed by Apple in 2021

The malware, written in C++ and developed for Intel architectures, was originally reported by Mandiant in 2023. At the time, the Google-owned threat hunters linked it to a group it tracks as UNC4487 (UNC is how Google tracks uncategorized threat groups) that had breached a Ukrainian auto insurance website used by government officials for official travel. But despite being documented by the security shop, ChillyHell wasn't flagged as malicious.
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