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Fake Gemini installer delivers Vidar infostealer via Google Colab lure

Darktrace researchers reported that a fake Google Gemini installer delivered the Vidar infostealer on a company network in the EMEA region, with the malicious file hosted on Google Colab. The attack leveraged a cloud-based Jupyter notebook platform commonly used by developers and data scientists to lure victims.

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A malicious executable masquerading as a Google Gemini installer was used to deliver the Vidar infostealer on a company network in the EMEA region, according to Darktrace researchers who investigated the incident. “During the initial analysis, it was noted that the top search result for the suspicious filename associated pointed to a file hosted on Google Colab, a cloud-based Jupyter notebook platform, commonly used by developers, researchers, and data scientists to run code and machine … More

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