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Researchers studying cybersecurity have traced the development of XWorm malware, making it a flexible instrument that may facilitate a variety of malevolent activities on compromised systems. According to an investigation released last week, Trellix experts Niranjan Hegde and Sijo Jacob stated that XWorm's modular architecture is based on a core client and a variety of specialized elements known as plugins. In essence, these plugins are extra payloads meant to perform particular destructive tasks as soon as the main virus is activated. XWorm is a multipurpose malware that can help with data theft, keylogging, screen capture, persistence, and even ransomware operations. It was originally discovered in 2022 and was associated with a threat actor called EvilCoder. Phishing emails and f...

Cybersecurity experts have identified an ongoing phishing campaign that employs a distinctive attack chain to infect target PCs with the XWorm malware. Some of the attacks, according to Securonix, which is monitoring the activity cluster known as MEME#4CHAN, have particularly targeted German manufacturing companies and medical facilities. Security experts Den Iuzvyk, Tim Peck, and Oleg Kolesnikov revealed their findings in a fresh analysis that was shared with The Hacker News. "The attack campaign has been leveraging rather unusual meme-filled PowerShell code, followed by a heavily obfuscated XWorm payload to infect its victims read more XWorm Malware Exploits Follina Vulnerability in New Wave of Attacks, With ReconBee.com Stay ahead of the latest threats with in-depth coverage o...

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XWorm Malware Exploits Follina Vulnerability in New Wave of Attacks