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New PEAKLIGHT Dropper Deployed in Attacks Targeting Windows with Malicious Movie Downloads


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2024-08-23 16:15:05
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Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen dropper that serves as a conduit to launch next-stage malware with the ultimate goal of infecting Windows systems with information stealers and loaders.

"This memory-only dropper decrypts and executes a PowerShell-based downloader," Google-owned Mandiant said. "This PowerShell-based downloader is being tracked as PEAKLIGHT."

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Source: TheHackerNews
Source Link: https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/new-peaklight-dropper-deployed-in.html


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