The Astaroth malware family is being updated and modified at an alarming rate, Cisco Talos researchers say. The infostealer has gone above and beyond in its new anti-analysis and obfuscation tactics. The malware was discovered at the heart of a spear-phishing campaign targeting Brazilians over the past nine months. The most recent campaign is spreading the trojan to Brazilian users in thousands of emails, written in Portuguese. Researchers: Malware is evasive by nature and its authors have taken every step to ensure its success.
Source: https://threatpost.com/astaroths-evasion-tactics-painful-analyze/155633/