Malicious Go Crypto Module Steals Passwords and Deploys Rekoobe Backdoor

A sophisticated supply chain attack has been uncovered targeting Go developers through a malicious module that impersonates the legitimate golang.org/x/crypto library. The attack demonstrates how threat actors are increasingly exploiting namespace confusion to compromise developer environments and deploy persistent backdoors. The Attack Mechanism Security researchers at Socket discovered the malicious module github[.]com/xinfeisoft/crypto, which masquerades as…

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New Go loader pushes Rhadamanthys stealer

READ ARTICLE Posted: March 22, 2024 by Jérôme Segura Malware loaders (also known as droppers or downloaders) are a popular commodity in the criminal underground. Their primary function is to successfully compromise a machine and deploy one or multiple additional payloads. A good loader avoids detection and identifies victims as legitimate (i.e. not sandboxes) before pushing other…

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