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DesckVB RAT malspam launders through Google DoubleClick and blinds AMSI/ETW, with German-language lures aimed at DACH [SINGLE-SOURCE]

From CTI Daily Brief — 2026-06-04 · published 2026-06-04

Huntress documented a DesckVB RAT chain from a May 2026 IR engagement that abuses Google DoubleClick Campaign Manager click-tracking for reputation laundering: a German-named HTML attachment (Bestellung_2026.html — "order") does a zero-second meta-refresh to a high-reputation ad.doubleclick.net URL that allowlist-based mail/web filters pass transparently, then steers to a "Download PDF" landing page delivering a JavaScript loader (Huntress, 2026-06-03). The loader runs a .NET assembly via process hollowing (T1055.012) after patching AMSI and ETW at the native-API level (T1562.001) to blind Windows telemetry; persistence is set before C2 over raw TCP. German-language purchase-order lures point at DACH enterprises. Why it matters to us: the DoubleClick hop defeats domain-reputation allowlisting at the gateway — flag HTML email attachments containing meta-refresh to ad-network domains, and watch for runtime patching of AmsiScanBuffer / ETW from node/script-spawned process trees rather than relying on the redirect domain.