Malicious emails alerting of state-sponsored intrusions have been sent to lure organizations' cybersecurity teams into downloading the fraudulent "ESET Unleashed program," which features several ESET DLLs and would enable file and data deletion upon execution.
Attacks involved the display of fraudulent Google Meet popup alerts, which would download the StealC or Rhadamanthys infostealers for Windows users and the AMOS Stealer payload for macOS users, according to a Sekoia analysis.
Malicious spear-phishing messages have been leveraged by RomCom to distribute the MeltingClaw or RustyClaw downloaders for the ShadyHammock and DustyHammock backdoors, respectively, with the latter facilitating the delivery of the SingleCamper trojan.
Threat actors who are yet to be identified impersonated Reserve+ customer support on Telegram to lure targets into downloading a ZIP archive claiming to have instructions on appropriate data updating.
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Almost 1.3 million euros have been amassed by Sipulitie since its emergence last year following the dismantling of its predecessor Sipulimarket in 2020.
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