Latrodectus: This Spider Bytes Like Ice

For this research, we partnered with Proofpoint’s Threat Research team in a collaborative effort to provide a comprehensive overview of the Latrodectus loader malware.

Latrodectus was first identified in the wild in October 2023 and was detected by Proofpoint being used for email threat campaigns in late November 2023. Whilst it shares some similarities to IcedID, Latrodectus is assessed to be a wholly new malware family, and our joint analysis indicates the IcedID developers likely created it.

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