Socelars Malware Attacking Windows systems to Collect sensitive data

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Socelars Malware Attacking Windows systems to Collect sensitive data

Cyberpress • February 10, 2026

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Then it tries privilege escalation via User Account Control (UAC) bypass, using COM auto-elevation through cmlua.dll and ICMLuaUtil. The malware ...

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Socelars Malware Targets Windows Systems for Data Theft Socelars malware is actively attacking Windows systems to collect sensitive data. It employs privilege escalation techniques via User Account Control (UAC) bypass, utilizing COM auto-elevation through cmlua.dll and ICMLuaUtil. The malware poses a significant risk to users' data security. 3 sources 34

Extracted Entities

Attack Types (1)

Malware (1)

MITRE ATT&CK (1)

T1548.002 - Bypass User Account Control

Platforms (1)

Tools (2)

Cmlua.dll ICMLuaUtil