Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape.————————————————————————————————————————————–[PROXY.AM Powered by Socks5Systemz Botnet](https://www.bitsight.com/blog/proxyam-powered-socks5systemz-botnet)[AppLite: A New AntiDot Variant Targeting Mobile Employee Devices](https://www.zimperium.com/blog/applite-a-new-antidot-variant-targeting-mobile-employee-devices/)[Inside Zloader’s Latest Trick: DNS Tunneling](https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/inside-zloader-s-latest-trick-dns-tunneling)[BSI points out pre-installed malware on IoT devices](https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Service-Navi/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/Presse2024/241212_Badbox_Sinkholing.html)[Declawing PUMAKIT](https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/declawing-pumakit)[Image-Based Malware Classification Using QR and Aztec Codes](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.08514)[Attention-Based Malware Detection Model by Visualizing Latent Features Through Dynamic Residual Kernel Network](https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/24/7953)[Continual Semi-Supervised Malware Detection](https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4990/6/4/135)[Inside a New OT/IoT Cyberweapon: IOCONTROL](https://claroty.com/team82/research/inside-a-new-ot-iot-cyber-weapon-iocontrol)[Black Basta Ransomware Campaign Drops Zbot, DarkGate, and Custom Malware](https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2024/12/04/black-basta-ransomware-campaign-drops-zbot-darkgate-and-custom-malware/)[Operation Digital Eye -| Chinese APT Compromises Critical Digital Infrastructure via Visual Studio Code Tunnels](https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/operation-digital-eye-chinese-apt-compromises-critical-digital-infrastructure-via-visual-studio-code-tunnels/)[Teaching an Old Framework New Tricks: The Dangers of Windows UI Automation](https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/2024-december-windows-ui-automation-attack-technique-evades-edr)[Lookout Discovers Two Russian Android Spyware Families from Gamaredon APT](https://www.lookout.com/threat-intelligence/article/gamaredon-russian-android-surveillanceware)[Lookout Discovers New Chinese Surveillance Tool Used by Public Security Bureaus](https://www.lookout.com/threat-intelligence/article/eaglemsgspy-chinese-android-surveillanceware)Follow me on Twitter: [**@securityaffairs**](https://twitter.com/securityaffairs) and [**Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/sec.affairs) and [Mastodon](https://infosec.exchange/@securityaffairs)[**Pierluigi Paganini**](http://www.linkedin.com/pub/pierluigi-paganini/b/742/559)**(** [**SecurityAffairs**](http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/)**–** **hacking, malware)**
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