September 30, 2022 By Alessandro Mascellino
Xtreme RAT and Cryptominer have been delivered through pirated copies of the Windows operating system (OS) software.
The discovery comes from eSentire's Threat Response Unit (TRU), with the security researchers publishing an advisory about the new threat on Thursday.
"Several malicious Windows services on the system were responsible for modifying system permissions, disabling Windows Defender, and retrieving payloads from [a malicious URL]."
