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BlackToad: Network Manipulation in an AutoIt Payload

Recently, JUMPSEC’s DART (Detection and Response Team) detected a phishing email targeting a client environment. The email, written in Thai and containing a MediaFire download link, was identified as suspicious by an incident responder and we kicked off an investigation. Since then, we have established infrastructure to track the threat actor, analysed the novel payload in detail, and identified several IoCs below.

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