
New Arkanix stealer blends rapid Python harvesting with stealthier C++ payloads
A newly uncovered infostealer, suspected to be built with the help of a large language model, is targeting victims with Python and C++ variants, each tailored for a different stage of data theft. Kaspersky researchers discovered a stealer dubbed “Arkanix,” which is capable of harvesting credentials, browser data, cryptocurrency, and banking assets from infected machines. “It collects a vast amount of information, including highly sensitive personal data,” Kaspersky researchers said in a Securelist blog post. “While being quite functional, it contains probable traces of LLM-assisted development, which suggests that such assistance might have drastically reduced development time and costs.” Ar...