Trend Micro observed the Water Curupira actively propagating the Pikabot loader malware as part of campaigns, more aggressively in Q4 2023. Water Curupira is a Black Basta ransomware affiliate. Diving into Details Pikabot gained notoriety for its sophisticated multi-stage attack mechanism, capable of deploying a decrypted shellcode that extracts another DLL file, the actual payload. […]
Jan 09, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Threat A threat actor called Water Curupira has been observed actively distributing the PikaBot loader malware as part of spam campaigns in 2023. “PikaBot’s operators ran phishing campaigns, targeting victims via its two components — a loader and a core module — which enabled unauthorized remote access and allowed the […]