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Victoria Dubranova, aka “Vika,” “Tory,” and “SovaSonya,” was extradited to the United States earlier this year.

The implant comes with sophisticated mix of features, including blockchain-based C2, multi-layered persistence, and a full Node.js runtime for evasion.

Organizations are recommended to apply fixes as soon as possible.

Microsoft has not disclosed details about how the flaw was used in the wild.

The RAT grants attackers extensive access to infected systems.

Shanya provides threat actors with a way to wrap their malware in highly customized, obfuscated code that bypasses most security tools.

The extensions called “Bitcoin Black” and “Codo AI” were disguised as a color theme and AI assistant.

Because the agent interprets the message as legitimate workload, it may execute the destructive steps without prompting the user for approval.

To qualify, researchers must ensure their work is solely aimed at uncovering flaws they did not create and contributes to improved security.

The cyber-espionage activity has primarily targeted users in Turkey, Israel, and Azerbaijan.