back to article PlugX RAT masquerades as legit Windows debugger to slip past security

Cybercriminals are disguising the PlugX remote access trojan as a legitimate open-source Windows debugging tool to evade detection and compromise systems. In a recent case detailed by Trend Micro, miscreants used a PlugX variant to hijack the popular x64dbg debugging tool to go undetected. The malware exploits a technique …

  1. elsergiovolador Silver badge

    Hard hat and a ladder

    You can get in anywhere wearing a hard hat and sporting a nice ladder.

    1. Al fazed
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      Re: Hard hat and a ladder

      Or a high vis jacket

      ALF

    2. that one in the corner Silver badge

      Re: Hard hat and a ladder

      Clipboard and a worried expression.

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