ESET Research has recorded a considerable increase in AceCryptor attacks, with detections tripling between the first and second halves of 2023. In recent months, researchers registered a significant change in how AceCryptor is used, namely that the attackers spreading Rescoms (also known as Remcos) started utilizing AceCryptor, which was not the case beforehand. Rescoms is a remote access tool (RAT) often used by threat actors for malicious purposes. AceCryptor is a cryptor-as-a-service that obfuscates malware … More →

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