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By Kevin Townsend on May 04, 2021 A new variant of the Buer malware loader has been detected, written in Rust. The original version is written in C. Rust is efficient, easy-to-use, and an increasingly popular programming language – Microsoft uses it, and joined the Rust Foundation in February 2021. Researchers at Proofpoint identified the new variant in early April 2021, and named it RustyBuer. Like Buer, it works as a downloader to distribute other malware to compromised systems. The most l...

BankInfoSecurity May 20, 2021 Compliance May 4, 2021 Compliance Compliance Compliance DougOlenick) • May 3, 2021     A malicious attachment containing RustyBuer malware (Source: Proofpoint) Attackers are using a freshly updated variant of the Buer first-stage malware loader rewritten in the Rust programming language to help evade detection, the security firm Proofpoint reports. In April, researchers observed the load...