DarkGate switches up its tactics with new payload, email templates

This post was authored by Kalpesh Mantri. 

• Cisco Talos is actively tracking a recent increase in activity from malicious email campaigns containing a suspicious Microsoft Excel attachment that, when opened, infected the victim's system with the DarkGate malware. 
• These campaigns, active since the second week of

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