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DarkHotel

1 story · 1 in the wild · August 14, 2026 – August 14, 2026

evidence: 1 observed

malware and tools

  • darkhotel malware 1 · Aug 14

techniques

  • evasion 1 · Aug 14
  • injection 1 · Aug 14
  • persistence 1 · Aug 14

attack phases seen

  • Defense evasion 1 · Aug 14
  • Execution 1 · Aug 14
  • Persistence 1 · Aug 14

what we reported, newest first, grouped by story

August 14, 2026

  • DarkHotel (APT-C-06) malicious MSI chain. Nextron identified samples that run AV/environment checks, create scheduled tasks, and pull PowerShell-staged payloads with shellcode injection for evasion. (Nextron) · Aug 14 · observed · Threat Activity