Tag: vlc player

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Dropping Elephant APT Group Targets Turkish Defense Industry With New Campaign and Capabilities: LOLBAS, VLC Player, and Encrypted Shellcode

The Arctic Wolf Labs team has uncovered a new cyber-espionage campaign by the Dropping Elephant APT group targeting Turkish defense contractors. The attack leverages a five-stage execution chain delivered via malicious LNK files disguised as conference invitations. It uses legitimate binaries like …
apt
powershell
shellcode
dll side-loading
cyber-espionage
turkey
defense industry
2025-07-23
vlc player
dropping elephant rat
Published: July 23, 2025
Linked vulnerabilities : CVE-2025-5777 (CVSS 9.3), CVE-2025-20337 (CVSS 10.0), CVE-2025-53770 (CVSS 9.8)
Downloadable IOCs: 10
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