FBI agent accused

The corrupted files evade security systems but are easily recovered to deliver phishing links.

Aside from leveraging numerous notorious nuisance networks, VPNs, cloud hosting provider infrastructure, and other direct-path attack vectors, threat actors behind the coordinated DDoS campaign also exploited the DDoSia botnet to maximize intrusions.

Malicious ads with time-limited offers and countdowns have been leveraged by threat actors to lure downloads of the predatory loan apps, which would seek unneeded permissions for SMS, contact, call record, phone storage, calendar, microphone, and camera access, which would then be used for extortion and contact spamming in the event a loan payment is missed.