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Cybercriminals Weaponizing Legitimate Advanced Installer Tool in Crypto-Mining Attacks


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2023-09-09 07:20:13
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A legitimate Windows tool used for creating software packages called Advanced Installer is being abused by threat actors to drop cryptocurrency-mining malware on infected machines since at least November 2021.
"The attacker uses Advanced Installer to package other legitimate software installers, such as Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk 3ds Max, and SketchUp Pro, with malicious scripts and uses



Source: TheHackerNews
Source Link: https://thehackernews.com/2023/09/cybercriminals-weaponizing-legitimate.html


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