New Year Themed Spam Emails Rises: The Remcos RAT Connection

Cybersecurity firm Cyble has warned of a new malicious campaign distributing malware through spam emails themed around New Year celebrations. The emails come with an attached ZIP file named “happy new year.zip”, containing a Remcos RAT dropper disguised as a PDF. The malware, associated with data theft and backdoor commands, is loaded via a disguised PNG file, which appears harmless but downloads and executes a malicious payload in the background.