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I'm Dave Bitner and this is our weekly conversation with researchers and analysts tracking

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We started looking at Private Loader back in August time frame, 2021. We actually coined the name based on a text string we found in one of the

first binaries the team was ripping apart that contained the word private loader and one of the

file directory paths. That's Michael DuBolt.

He's chief intelligence officer at Intel 471.

The research we're discussing today is titled Private Loader,

the first step in many malware schemes. Want to have your voice heard?

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