Malware Brief: A Malware Foursome Working Together
Barracuda Networks, Monday, July 21st, 2025
In today's Malware Brief we'll take a quick look at four different examples of malware that have all emerged at about the same time. They demonstrate the complex chain of threats being used together, sometimes by different groups for disparate purposes.
In this case, all four - RomCom RAT, TransferLoader, MeltingClaw and DustyHammock - were identified in the early 2020s following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They were, and are, extensively used by Russian-speaking groups against Ukrainian, Polish and some Russian targets.