HollowFrame Loader Deploys Matryoshka Backdoor in Spear-Phishing Attack on Law Firm
- ID
- 9740
- Status
- new
- Published
- 01 Aug 2026, 12:39 AM
- Fetched
- 01 Aug 2026, 2:05 AM
- Provider
- The Hacker News
- Category
- security
- Original URL
- https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/hollowframe-loader-deploys-matryoshka.html
- Source URL
- https://feeds.feedburner.com/TheHackersNews
Excerpt
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented Go-based loader framework called HollowFrame and a Rust-based malware family tracked as Matryoshka. According to Blackpoint Cyber, the intrusion sequence begins with a spear-phishing message containing a link to an encrypted archive, which holds a Windows Shortcut (LNK). Executing the file triggers a multi-stage chain that
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