Do Son Acronis exposed TamperedChef, a global campaign using US shell companies to sign trojanized apps. The malware deploys a stealthy, obfuscated JavaScript backdoor via a scheduled task for long-term persistence.
Scheduled Task
A China-linked APT targeted a U.S. policy nonprofit for weeks in April 2025. The group used DLL sideloading via a VipreAV binary and msbuild.exe scheduled tasks to achieve SYSTEM persistence for espionage.
Kimsuky APT is using a Themes.js JavaScript loader and certutil LOLBIN to gain minute-by-minute persistence via a Windows Scheduled Task. The APT is targeting think tanks for espionage.
SEQRITE exposed CAPI, a .NET trojan targeting Russian FinTech with malicious LNK resumes. It uses rundll32 for execution and a hidden "Security" scheduled task for persistence.
Seqrite exposed Operation Silk Lure, a campaign using a malicious Chinese resume (.LNK) to implant ValleyRAT on FinTech systems. It achieves persistence via a “Security” scheduled task and uninstalls AV.