Purple Fox, a Windows malware, has added a new technique to its arsenal that gives it worm-like propagation capabilities. Purple Fox is distributed in the form of malicious “.msi” payloads hosted on nearly 2,000 compromised Windows servers. Researchers say the attacks have spiked by about 600% since May 2020. A total of 90,000 incidents have been spotted through the rest of 2020 and the beginning of 2021. The new infection vector is another sign of criminal operators retooling their malware distribution mechanism to cast a wide net.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2021/03/purple-fox-rootkit-can-now-spread.html