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GoCaracal Malware Uses Ethereum Smart Contract to Fetch Replacement C2 Address

Threat actors linked by Arctic Wolf to Dark Caracal with medium confidence deployed a previously undocumented Go-based malware framework, GoCaracal, during a June 2026 intrusion at an unnamed communications organization in Venezuela.

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Threat actors associated with Dark Caracal, as identified by Arctic Wolf with medium confidence, deployed a previously undocumented Go-based malware framework called GoCaracal during a June 2026 intrusion of an unnamed communications organization in Venezuela.

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