THREAT ALERT: DarkGate Loader
The execution of DarkGate Loader ultimately leads to execution of post-exploitation tools such as Cobalt Strike and Meterpreter. This Threat Alert provides an overview of an attack involving DarkGate Loader.
Fred O'Connor
This week Cybereason Lab released research discussing how the group behind Kovter malware is upgrading this threat to carry out more malicious activity. These upgrades provide the hackers with complete control over high-valued corporate assets, which are later sold on the dark Web to nation-states, groups engaged in financial cyber crime or hacktivist gangs. We've seen this attack targeting the networks of some Fortune 500 companies.
In our latest research report, we dissect an attack that stood out for how quickly the hackers were able to prepare the asset for sale. Here's what SC Magazine had to say about this discovery.
Fred is a Senior Content Writer at Cybereason who writes a variety of content including blogs, case studies, ebooks and white papers to help position Cybereason as the market leader in endpoint security products.
The execution of DarkGate Loader ultimately leads to execution of post-exploitation tools such as Cobalt Strike and Meterpreter. This Threat Alert provides an overview of an attack involving DarkGate Loader.
The Cybereason Security Services Team is investigating incidents that involve variants of the DJvu ransomware delivered via loader payloads masquerading as freeware or cracked software.
The execution of DarkGate Loader ultimately leads to execution of post-exploitation tools such as Cobalt Strike and Meterpreter. This Threat Alert provides an overview of an attack involving DarkGate Loader.
The Cybereason Security Services Team is investigating incidents that involve variants of the DJvu ransomware delivered via loader payloads masquerading as freeware or cracked software.
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