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Researchers at Proofpoint, a company specializing in cybersecurity, have spotted particularly dangerous and vicious new malware.
Developed by the cybergang TA800, the NimzaLoader malware targets Windows computers to gain control, steal sensitive data or download other malware.
The particularity of this malware is that it is almost undetectable due to the computer language used to develop it.
Proofpoint researchers indicate that NimzaLoader was coded in the Nim language, a form of computer language very little used by hackers.
These authors - to whom we also owe the famous BazarLoader Trojan horse - have been innovative for the developer of their new malware, the code of which is very different from other malicious software.
This is why NimzaLoader malware can easily fall under the radar of many antiviruses.
Undetectable, it can easily find its way into computers.
Once on the machine, he can take action as he sees fit without being worried.
Do not click
At present, the malware is mainly spread by email, via a phishing campaign.
Members of cybergang TA800 send emails to their targets posing as a trusted company and invite them to click on an innocent-looking PDF image.
However, the latter actually hides the malware.
Clicking on the image will have the effect of installing the virus on the computer which can act on the machine without being detected by anti-virus software.
Researchers are also concerned that the NimzaLoader malware could be used by other hackers who could use other, more vicious means of distribution to claim victims.
It is therefore obviously advisable to be extra careful and to be critical when surfing the web.
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