A new version of the IcedID banking trojan has debuted that notably embraces steganography – the practice of hiding code within images – in order to stealthily infect victims. It has also changed up its process for eavesdropping on victims’ web activity.
Researchers at Juniper Threat Labs have uncovered an email spam campaign circulating in the United States spreading the malware. The messages use the COVID-19 pandemic and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) as their theme, including using related keywords in email sender names and attachment names.
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Source: ThreatPost