Based on the origin of the analyzed samples, the research concluded that the campaign is mostly targeting the US, Germany, and Russia.

Malware nest for maximum impact

“In this campaign, our threat intelligence team has observed what seems to be an obvious course to follow when trying to maximize benefit in a malware distribution campaign,” Garcia said. “It stands to reason that if an infection with a single malware is successful, other infections with malware of similar characteristics should also succeed.”

These kinds of infections are usually carried out by infecting the target with a loader, a RAT, or a backdoor and then dropping several types of malware, such as stealers, cryptominers, or ransomware.