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From The Hacker News – OBSCURE#BAT Malware Uses Fake CAPTCHA Pages to Deploy Rootkit r77 and Evade Detection

From The Hacker News – OBSCURE#BAT Malware Uses Fake CAPTCHA Pages to Deploy Rootkit r77 and Evade Detection

A new malware campaign has been observed leveraging social engineering tactics to deliver an open-source rootkit called r77.
The activity, condemned OBSCURE#BAT by Securonix, enables threat actors to establish persistence and evade detection on compromised systems. It's currently not known who is behind the campaign.
The rootkit "has the ability to cloak or mask any file, registry key or task

From The Hacker News – Threat Actors Exploit ClickFix to Deploy NetSupport RAT in Latest Cyber Attacks

From The Hacker News – Threat Actors Exploit ClickFix to Deploy NetSupport RAT in Latest Cyber Attacks

Threat actors have observed the increasingly common ClickFix technique to deliver a remote access trojan named NetSupport RAT since early January 2025.
NetSupport RAT, typically propagated via bogus websites and fake browser updates, grants attackers full control over the victim's host, allowing them to monitor the device's screen in real-time, control the keyboard and mouse, upload and download