When coin miners evolve, Part 2: Hunting down LemonDuck and LemonCat attacks

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LemonDuck is an actively updated and robust malware primarily known for its botnet and cryptocurrency mining objectives. Today, beyond using resources for its traditional bot and mining activities, LemonDuck steals credentials, removes security controls, spreads via emails, moves laterally, and ultimately drops more tools for human-operated activity.

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