According to research from Sekoia, the loader-as-a-service (LaaS) family of loader malware known as FakeBat has grown to be one of the most popular loader malware families disseminated via drive-by download this year.
The business stated in a Tuesday report that “the primary goal of FakeBat is to download and execute the next-stage payload, such as IcedID, Lumma, RedLine, SmokeLoader, SectopRAT, and Ursnif.”
Drive-by assaults involve tricking users into downloading fake software installers or browser upgrades by means of techniques including malvertising, search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning, and malicious code injections into compromised websites.
Over the past few years, there has been an increasing trend in the usage of malware loaders in tandem with landing pages that pose as genuine installers and impersonate websites for software read more about FakeBat Loader Malware Spreads Widely Through Drive-by Download Attacks.
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