The web browser, and search engines in particular, continue to be a popular entry point to deliver malware to users. While Malwarebytes Labs noted a decrease in loaders distributed via malvertising for the past 3 months, today’s example is a reminder that threat actors can quickly switch back to tried and tested methods.
After months of absence, Fakebat (AKA Eugenloader, PaykLoader) showed up on the researchers radar again via a malicious Google ad for the productivity application Notion. FakeBat is a unique loader that has been used to drop follow-up payloads such as Lumma stealer. In this blog post, Malwarebytes Labs researchers detail how criminals are targeting their victims and what final malware payload they are delivering post initial infection.
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Source: Malwarebytes Labs
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