Security News > 2024 > September > New HTML Smuggling Campaign Delivers DCRat Malware to Russian-Speaking Users
2024-09-27 09:00
Russian-speaking users have been targeted as part of a new campaign distributing a commodity trojan called DCRat (aka DarkCrystal RAT) by means of a technique known as HTML smuggling. The development marks the first time the malware has been deployed using this method, a departure from previously observed delivery vectors such as compromised or fake websites, or phishing emails bearing PDF
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