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Detour Dog Malware Hits 30,000 Websites, Evolving Threat

10/3/2025

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Summary

Story summary

The Detour Dog malware campaign has compromised over 30,000 websites since 2020.
It evolved from scams to deploying Strela Stealer using Domain Name System (DNS) TXT records, with Hive0145 as partner.
The approach targets specific users while most visitors remain unaware of the infection.
During peak activity, over 2 million DNS requests occurred in one hour with 90% benign responses.

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Story summary

The Detour Dog malware campaign has compromised over 30,000 websites since 2020.
It evolved from scams to deploying Strela Stealer using Domain Name System (DNS) TXT records, with Hive0145 as partner.
The approach targets specific users while most visitors remain unaware of the infection.
During peak activity, over 2 million DNS requests occurred in one hour with 90% benign responses.