Windows SmartScreen Bypass Flaw Exploited to Drop DarkGate RAT

Image credit: David Chapman via Alamy Stock Photo. Article by Elizabeth Montalbano. Dark Reading – March 14, 2024.

DarkGate malware operators have been exploiting a now-patched Windows SmartScreen bypass flaw through a phishing campaign that distributes fake Microsoft software installers to propagate the malicious code. Trend Micro researchers, among others, discovered a then zero-day Internet Shortcut Files security feature bypass […]

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