ValleyRAT Backdoor Hides in Signed Adware That Users Add to Antivirus Exclusions
Medium Severity
Global
Date OccurredAug 31, 202612:14 UTC
Event TypeCyber Intelligence
SourceTheHackerNews
RecordedAug 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