Malware authors are increasingly using rarely spotted programming languages such as Go, Rust, Nim and DLang in order to create new tools and to hinder analysis, researchers have found.

TrickBot's stealthy BazarBackdoor malware has been rewritten in the Nim programming language, likely to evade detection by security software.

The malware loader is unique in that it is written in the Nim programming language. The use of Nim is uncommon for malware in the threat landscape, except in rare cases, such as a Nim-based ...

NimzaLoader malware is unusual because it's written in a programming language rarely used by cyber criminals - which could make it harder to detect and defend against.

Malware developers are increasingly turning to unusual or "exotic" programming languages to hamper analysis efforts, researchers say.