‘Purple Fox’ Hackers Spotted Using New Variant of FatalRAT in Recent Malware Attacks

The operators of the Purple Fox malware have retooled their malware arsenal with a new variant of a remote access trojan called FatalRAT, while also simultaneously upgrading their evasion mechanisms to bypass security software.
« Users’ machines are targeted via trojanized software packages masquerading as legitimate application installers, » Trend Micro researchers said in a report published on

The operators of the Purple Fox malware have retooled their malware arsenal with a new variant of a remote access trojan called FatalRAT, while also simultaneously upgrading their evasion mechanisms to bypass security software.
« Users’ machines are targeted via trojanized software packages masquerading as legitimate application installers, » Trend Micro researchers said in a report published on