FIN7 Hacker Group Leverages Malicious Google Ads to Deliver NetSupport RAT
The financially motivated threat actor known as FIN7 has been observed leveraging malicious Google ads spoofing legitimate brands as a means to deliver MSIX installers that culminate in the deployment of NetSupport RAT. “The threat actors used malicious websites to impersonate well-known brands, including AnyDesk, WinSCP, BlackRock, Asana, Concur, The Wall Street Journal, Workable, and
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Hackers Using Cracked Software on GitHub to Spread RisePro Info Stealer
Cybersecurity researchers have found several GitHub repositories offering cracked software that is used to deliver an information stealer called RisePro. The campaign, codenamed gitgub, includes 17 repositories associated with 11 different accounts, according to G DATA. The repositories in question have since been taken down by the Microsoft-owned subsidiary. “The repositories look similar, featuring a README.md
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Microsoft Warns of Fake Skills Assessment Portals Targeting IT Job Seekers
The well-known Lazarus Group has evolved, with a faction now setting up deceptive platforms masquerading as skill assessment portals, part of their new social engineering tactics. Identified by Microsoft as Sapphire Sleet, this alteration marks a change in the group’s persistent methods. Sapphire Sleet, also recognized as APT38, BlueNoroff, CageyChameleon, and CryptoCore, is notorious for
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