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An upgraded variant of Purple Fox malware with worm capabilities is being deployed in an attack campaign that is rapidly expanding.
Purple Fox, first discovered in 2018, is malware that used to rely on exploit kits and phishing emails to spread. However, a new campaign taking place over the past several weeks -- and which is ongoing -- has revealed a new propagation method leading to high infection numbers.
In a blog post on Tuesday, Guardicore Labs said that Purple Fox is now being spread through "indiscriminate port scanning and exploitation of exposed SMB services with weak passwords and hashes.
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https://www.scoop.it/topic/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Malware
An upgraded variant of Purple Fox malware with worm capabilities is being deployed in an attack campaign that is rapidly expanding.
Purple Fox, first discovered in 2018, is malware that used to rely on exploit kits and phishing emails to spread. However, a new campaign taking place over the past several weeks -- and which is ongoing -- has revealed a new propagation method leading to high infection numbers.
In a blog post on Tuesday, Guardicore Labs said that Purple Fox is now being spread through "indiscriminate port scanning and exploitation of exposed SMB services with weak passwords and hashes.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/topic/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Malware