Security News > 2020 > June > AcidBox Malware Uncovered Using Repurposed VirtualBox Exploit
In a report released Wednesday, Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 sheds new light onto attacks against the popular open-source virtualization software VirtualBox that used the AcidBox malware.
The Turla Group malware, researchers said, also targeted a second DSE vulnerability tied to a signed VirtualBox driver using what would later be identified as AcidBox malware.
Researchers then traced the AcidBox malware to fresh attacks against the VirtualBox driver VBoxDrv.
Sys v1.6.2 is vulnerable and used by Turla, this new malware uses the same exploit but with a slightly newer VirtualBox version," said researchers.
Moving forward, AcidBox is a "Very rare" malware that is probably used in highly targeted attacks, researchers said.
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