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A wide-ranging phishing campaign has been identified that enables threat actors to bypass traditional security controls and delay detection. The campaign, tracked since 2024, has facilitated remote surveillance, credential theft, lateral movement, data exfiltration, and ransomware across numerous organizations. The likely new or rebranded cybercriminal group behind this campaign uses legitimate services like TryCloudflare to host and deliver highly evasive malware such as AsyncRAT and other Remote Access Trojans. This malware allows threat actors to remotely control infected networks throughout the full attack lifecycle. The campaign targets organizations globally across multiple sectors without industry preference, using widely available malware and difficult-to-detect techniques involving Python scripts, obfuscated batch scripts, trusted cloud services, and dynamic infrastructure.

The AsyncRAT campaign identified since 2024 represents a sophisticated and persistent phishing-driven malware distribution effort that leverages advanced evasion techniques to bypass traditional endpoint detection systems. The campaign is attributed to a likely new or rebranded cybercriminal group that employs legitimate cloud services, specifically TryCloudflare, to host and deliver Remote Access Trojans (RATs) such as AsyncRAT, Xworm, PureHVNC, Remcos, and VenomRAT. These RATs enable attackers to gain persistent remote control over compromised networks, facilitating the full attack lifecycle including remote surveillance, credential theft, lateral movement, data exfiltration, and deployment of ransomware.

The attackers use a combination of obfuscated Python scripts and batch files to evade signature-based detection and sandbox analysis. The use of trusted cloud infrastructure like TryCloudflare domains allows them to blend malicious traffic with legitimate network activity, complicating detection and blocking efforts. The campaign employs dynamic infrastructure, frequently changing domains and payload hashes, which further hinders static detection methods. The phishing vectors are broad and indiscriminate, targeting organizations globally across multiple sectors without industry preference, increasing the attack surface.

Tactics observed include leveraging Windows system information discovery (T1082), process injection (T1055), command and scripting interpreter abuse (T1059.003, T1059.006), persistence mechanisms (T1547), credential dumping (T1003), lateral movement (T1021), and use of trusted communication channels (T1071). The campaign also exploits user interaction via phishing (T1566) and obfuscation techniques (T1027) to delay detection and maintain stealth. Indicators of compromise include numerous malware hashes and suspicious TryCloudflare subdomains used for command and control (C2) communications.

Overall, this campaign demonstrates a high level of operational security and adaptability, making it a significant threat to organizations lacking advanced detection and response capabilities.

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