Attackers Using Obfuscation Tools to Deliver Multi-Stage Malware via Invoice Phishing

[ad_1] Apr 09, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cryptojacking Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an intricate multi-stage attack that leverages invoice-themed phishing decoys to deliver a wide range of malware such as Venom RAT, Remcos RAT, XWorm, NanoCore RAT, and a stealer that targets crypto wallets. The email messages come with Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file attachments that, when…

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Hackers Using Sneaky HTML Smuggling to Deliver Malware via Fake Google Sites

[ad_1] Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware campaign that leverages bogus Google Sites pages and HTML smuggling to distribute a commercial malware called AZORult in order to facilitate information theft. “It uses an unorthodox HTML smuggling technique where the malicious payload is embedded in a separate JSON file hosted on an external website,” Netskope…

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Decoy Microsoft Word Documents Used to Deliver Nim-Based Malware

[ad_1] Dec 22, 2023NewsroomSocial Engineering / Malware Analysis A new phishing campaign is leveraging decoy Microsoft Word documents as bait to deliver a backdoor written in the Nim programming language. “Malware written in uncommon programming languages puts the security community at a disadvantage as researchers and reverse engineers’ unfamiliarity can hamper their investigation,” Netskope researchers…

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