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DanaBot malware is back to infecting Windows after 6-month break

The DanaBot malware has returned with a new version observed in attacks, six-months after law enforcement's Operation Endgame disrupted its activity in May. According to security researchers at Zscaler ThreatLabz, there is a new variant of DanaBot, version 669, that has a command-and-control (C2) infrastructure using Tor domains (.onion) and “backconnect” nodes. Zscaler also identified and listed several cryptocurrency addresses that threat actors are using to receive stolen funds, in BTC, ETH, LTC, and TRX. DanaBot was first disclosed by Proofpoint researchers as a Delphi-based banking trojan delivered via email and malvertising. It operated under a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model, being rented to cybercriminals for a subscription fee. In the years that followed, the malware evolved…

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