Unusual ‘Donald Trump’ Packer Malware Delivers RATs, Infostealers


A new .NET malware packer being used to deliver a variety of remote access trojans (RATs) and infostealers has a fixed password named after Donald Trump, giving the new find its name, “DTPacker.”

DTPacker was discovered by researchers at Proofpoint who, since 2020, have observed it being used by several threat actors in campaigns targeting hundreds of thousands of end users with thousands of malicious messages across many sectors.

One notable campaign, which lasted for weeks, used fake Liverpool Football Club (LFC) sites to lure users to download DTPacker, ultimately delivering Agent Tesla, the researchers found. Ave Maria, AsyncRAT and FormBook have also been spread by DTPacker, according to a Monday report.

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Source: ThreatPost