New phishing attack infects devices with Cobalt Strike
18-Jun-22
Matanbuchus’ virus infects computers with Cobalt Strike beacons. Virus is a malware-as-a-service initiative that surfaced on the dark web in February 2021. Originally designed as a $2,500 loader that launches executables straight into system memory. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 studied the malware and mapped large portions of its operating architecture. The malware’s characteristics include the use of standalone executables to load DLL payloads. Brad Duncan, a threat analyst, obtained a sample of the malware in a lab setting. Read More…
