On Windows The Purple Fox Malware Squirms Like A Worm Cybers Guards
Purple Fox, the malware campaign, has been operating since at least 2018, and the discovery of the latest worm-like infection vector is yet another indication that cybercriminals continue to benefit from consumer-grade malware. Purple Fox operators mainly used exploit kits and phishing emails to create botnets for crypto-mining and other nefarious purposes, according to Guardicore researcher Amit Serper. The new SMB brute-force approach is now being used in conjunction with rootkit capabilities to cover and propagate through internet-facing Windows computers with poor passwords....