Additionally, the PlugX Remote Access Trojan (RAT) remains an active threat, while command-and-control (C2) traffic associated with infostealers and malware loaders continues to escalate.

The campaign, which Checkpoint has named "SmugX" uses a technique called HTML smuggling to deliver the PlugX remote access trojan (RAT) - a common Chinese payload. HTML smuggling is an attack ...

In a press release last year, French prosecutors said the malware — known as “PlugX” — had infected several million computers globally, including 3,000 devices located in France.

PlugX is also reportedly known to some threat intelligence analysts as Destroy-RAT or SOGU and is part of a long-standing malware family that has been around since 2009. Max Rogers, the senior ...