Agent Racoon Unveiled as Covert Operative for Government and Nonprofits

Unidentified hackers have recently carried out a series of attacks on organizations in the USA, as well as in the Middle East and Africa, using a newly discovered malicious software known as Agent Racoon. This information comes from a report released by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42.

According to the report, the Agent Racoon malware family operates on a platform that consists of multiple key components. These components include the .NET execution environment, .NET classes, and programming compilers.

The .NET framework is widely utilized for the development of various applications, ranging from desktop and mobile applications to web services and games.

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