A threat group best known for exploiting previously unknown flaws in WinRAR and Windows has switched to a much simpler method: an email link to what appears to be an image. New research from Huntress details a 2026 campaign delivering DarkMe, a remote access trojan (RAT) historically linked to Water Hydra and also tracked as DarkCasino. The group... Weiterlesen
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Zero-day hackers ditch exploits for a fake image file in new DarkMe campaign
A threat group best known for exploiting previously unknown flaws in WinRAR and Windows has switched to a much simpler method: an email link to what appears to be an image. New research from Huntress details a 2026 campaign delivering…
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title: Detect Exploitation - Zero-day hackers ditch exploits for a fake image file in new DarkMe campaign
id: 6285573c-2842-41df-a2c3-cc68e85eeeb2
status: experimental
description: Automatisch generierte SIEM-Erkennungsregel basierend auf CTI Intelligence
references:
- https://tsecurity.de/
author: iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine
date: 2026-09-24
logsource:
category: network_connection
product: any
detection:
selection:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'exploit'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitime administrative Zugriffe oder Penetrationstests
level: high
tags:
- attack.initial_access
- attack.t1190rule CTI_Threat_Indicator {
meta:
author = "iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine"
date = "2026-09-24"
description = "YARA Signature for "
strings:
$str = "Zero-day hackers ditch exploit" ascii wide
condition:
any of them
}tsecurity.de Cognitive Threat RAG
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