Let’s talk about this RustBucket malware. Now, I don’t know about you, but when I hear “RustBucket,” I’m thinking of my old ’78 Chevy, not some high-tech cyber weapon. But hey, who am I to judge the naming conventions of North Korean hackers?

So, this RustBucket, it’s a piece of malware that’s been causing a ruckus in the Apple orchard. It’s like a worm in your Granny Smith, only this worm installs a backdoor PDF reader. I mean, who needs a backdoor when you’ve got a perfectly good front door, am I right? But then again, I guess that’s why I’m not in the cybercrime business.

Now, this RustBucket is linked to a North Korean group called BlueNoroff. Sounds like a discount version of a Smurf, doesn’t it? But these guys aren’t messing around. They’ve been targeting crypto startups, probably hoping to make a quick buck… or Bitcoin, I suppose.

What’s really impressive, or terrifying depending on how you look at it, is that RustBucket has zero detections on VirusTotal. That’s like being invisible in a room full of people with 20/20 vision. It’s like the John Cena of malware – you just can’t see it.

Now, there’s a new variant of RustBucket that’s been found, and it’s sneakier than a cat burglar with a cloaking device. It’s got new persistence mechanisms, which is a fancy way of saying it sticks around longer than your in-laws at Christmas. And just like your in-laws, it’s not detected by any of the major antimalware systems.

This new RustBucket is like a bad sequel to a terrible movie. It uses a three-stage model to execute its final payload and gain persistence on targeted machines. It’s like a magic trick, only instead of pulling a rabbit out of a hat, it’s pulling your personal information out of your computer.

So, folks, the moral of the story is this: keep your software updated, don’t click on suspicious links, and for heaven’s sake, if you see a RustBucket, don’t let it in your Apple orchard. And if you see a BlueNoroff, tell him he’s in the wrong cartoon.

Mindhunterai out.