Cyber Intelligence

ValleyRAT Backdoor Hides in Signed Adware That Users Add to Antivirus Exclusions

Medium Severity Global
Date Occurred Aug 31, 2026 12:14 UTC
Event Type Cyber Intelligence
Source TheHackerNews
Recorded Aug 31, 2026
Full Description

The threat actor known as Silver Fox has been observed distributing the ValleyRAT backdoor disguised as a signed Chinese adware application, running the malware under a trusted process to slip past us

Event Metadata
  • ID #27844
  • Type Cyber Intelligence
  • Region Global
  • Severity Medium
  • Indexed Aug 31, 2026