Security News > 2024 > March > DarkGate Malware Exploited Recently Patched Microsoft Flaw in Zero-Day Attack
2024-03-14 04:57
A DarkGate malware campaign observed in mid-January 2024 leveraged a recently patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows as a zero-day using bogus software installers. “During this campaign, users were lured using PDFs that contained Google DoubleClick Digital Marketing (DDM) open redirects that led unsuspecting victims to compromised sites hosting the Microsoft Windows SmartScreen bypass
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