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DanaBot is a sophisticated, modular malware family first identified in May 2018. It began as a banking trojan but evolved into a versatile malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform, enabling a range of cybercriminal activities including information theft, wire fraud, cryptocurrency theft, and acting as a loader for other malware families.

Cybersecurity researchers at Sophos are closely tracking a sophisticated new infection chain developed by the financially motivated cybercriminal group known as GOLD BLADE, also referred to in the threat landscape as RedCurl, Red Wolf, and Earth Kapre. GOLD BLADE has a known history of orchestrating commercial espionage campaigns since at least 2018.

ChaCha20 is a modern, high-speed, and highly secure symmetric-key stream cipher developed by cryptographer Daniel J. Bernstein in 2008. It is widely used for encrypting data in applications where both performance and security are critical, such as VPNs, messaging apps, and secure internet protocols.

A symmetric key is a cryptographic key used for both encrypting and decrypting information within a symmetric encryption scheme. In this approach, the same key is shared between the sender and the recipient, and both must possess this secret key to securely exchange information.