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        DarkCloud Rising: Multi-Stage Spear-Phishing Campaign Delivers InfoStealer to Harvest Keystrokes, FTP, and Financial Credentials     By CyberDudeBivash • October 01, 2025, 12:26 PM IST • Threat Intelligence Report   We are tracking a new, sophisticated spear-phishing campaign, which we have codenamed **"DarkCloud Rising,"** that is targeting employees in finance and IT departments with a potent information-stealing malware. This is not a generic, widespread phishing blast. It is a targeted, multi-stage attack designed to bypass traditional security defenses and establish a deep, data-harvesting foothold within an organization. The ultimate goal of the DarkCloud threat actor is to capture a full spectrum of valuable credentials—from keystrokes and browser passwords to FTP and financial account details—for extortion, resale, or to facilitate larger ransomware attacks. This is a complete breakdown of the attack chain and the critical defen...