2025-06-20 (FRIDAY): MALWARE DISGUISED AS CRACKED VERSION OF POPULAR SOFTWARE

NOTES:

• Zip files are password-protected.  Of note, this site has a new password scheme.  For the password, see the "about" page of this website.

REFERENCES:

• https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7341942135065124866/
• https://x.com/Unit42_Intel/status/1936174030425407928
• https://github.com/PaloAltoNetworks/Unit42-timely-threat-intel/blob/main/2025-06-20-IOCs-for-malware-disgused-as-cracked-software.txt

ASSOCIATED FILES:

• 2025-06-20-IOCs-for-malware-disgused-as-cracked-software.txt.zip   2.2 kB   (2,187 bytes)
• 2025-06-20-traffic-from-running-the-malware.pcap.zip   49.6 MB   (49,643,109 bytes)
• 2025-06-20-files-from-malware-disguised-as-cracked-software.zip   638.6 kB   (638,6348 bytes)

 

Shown above:  How I picture someone actually running this type of malware.

 

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