VERY IMPORTANT

Malspam campaigns involving DarkGate Loader have been on the rise since its author started advertising it as a Malware-as-a-Service offering on popular cybercrime forums in June 2023. Until now DarkGate Loader was seen delivered via traditional email malspam campaigns similar to those of Emotet. In August an operator started using Microsoft Teams to deliver the malware via HR-themed social engineering chat messages.