As ThreatFabric describes, a “vulture is a large bird of prey that specializes in attacking and feeding on weak and helpless animals,” and they keep their “eyes on their preys for a long time before making a move, which happens only when they are sure the attack is lethal and successful.” The Vultur malware works similarly, wherein it observes everything happening on a device with screen recording over VNC and keylogging capabilities. As time goes on, personably identifiable information (PII) like usernames, passwords, and other information is collected for later malicious use.

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