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Water Saci Campaign Uses LLMs to Convert Malware to Python, Spreads Banking Trojan Via WhatsApp Worm
Water Saci Campaign Uses LLMs to Convert Malware to Python, Spreads Banking Trojan Via WhatsApp Worm
Trend Micro exposed Water Saci, a campaign using LLMs to convert malware from PowerShell to Python, accelerating its spread via a WhatsApp worm. The multi-stage attack deploys a trojan capable of VNC mirroring and overlay attacks.
K7 Labs exposed a Brazilian campaign using a Python WhatsApp worm for self-propagation. The in-memory AutoIt loader deploys a banking trojan that uses IMAP email as a covert C2 channel to steal banking credentials.
Trustwave exposed Eternidade Stealer, a sophisticated Brazilian Trojan. The Python WhatsApp worm steals contact lists and uses IMAP email for covert C2 retrieval to launch banking overlays.
Trend exposed the Water Saci worm, a self-propagating campaign that hijacks WhatsApp Web using Selenium/PowerShell. It uses a stealthy IMAP email C2 channel with HTTP fallback.