Likely active since 2015, DarkTortilla was designed to keep malicious payloads hidden from detection software, and was previously seen delivering remote access trojans (RATs) and information stealers – AgentTesla, AsyncRat, NanoCore, and RedLine – as well as targeted payloads such as Cobalt Strike and Metasploit. Highly configurable and complex, the crypter can also be used…

The attacks start with spear-phishing messages that employ lures relevant to the targeted organizations, such as aviation, travel, and cargo, and deliver an image that pretends to be a PDF file and which contains an embedded link. The attackers abuse legitimate web services and they leverage a newly identified loader dubbed Snip3 for the delivery…