An international law enforcement operation codenamed 'Operation Endgame' has seized over 100 servers worldwide used by multiple major malware loader operations, including IcedID, Pikabot, Trickbot, Bumblebee, Smokeloader, and SystemBC.
SystemBC, a commodity malware sold on underground marketplaces, is being used by ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations to hide malicious traffic and automate ransomware payload delivery on the networks of compromised victims.
A new malware strain is being distributed by threat actors via exploit kits like Fallout and RIG to hide malicious network traffic with the help of SOCKS5 proxies set up on compromised computers.