PyXie is a trojan focused on Windows systems that is capable of taking control of the computer and, in this way, install other types of malwareon the same. It is a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) based on Python that escalates privileges and puts the user's privacy at risk.
The most common use of PyXie, according to the researchers who discovered it, is to introduce a ransomware on the computer to, posteriormente, demand ransom for the encrypted files.
They also clarified that its main focus is on companies, not individuals, but there have been cases of all kinds.
As we have already mentioned, this threat is programmed in Python and, when studying its code, the researchers saw that the first thing it does is load libraries of legitimate applications to, posteriormente, iniciar su carga útil cifrada y, al finalizar ésta, es cuando se instala el malware.
Esta amenaza se propaga como muchas otras, con campañas de SPAM masivo con la esperanza de que alguien caiga en la trampa.