2007 Encryption Malware Phishing 
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
The attack chain starts with COVID19-themed spear-phishing messages that contain either a malicious Word attachment or a link to one hosted on company servers. . “Once the malicious document is opened, the malware is dropped and proceeds to the next stage of the deployment process.
Security Affairs
APRIL 19, 2023
The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. Most of the APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks. ” reads the joint advisory.
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eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware. since Q3 of 2007.
Malwarebytes
JANUARY 22, 2021
Malware, for example, would specifically target password storage in browsers and plunder everything in sight. Password managers weren’t exactly flying off the shelves back in 2007, your only real options were home grown. Malware files can decrypt your passwords, or wait for you to do it.
Security Affairs
APRIL 20, 2021
BMP) image files in a recent spear-phishing campaign targeting entities in South Korea. . Experts from Malwarebytes have uncovered a spear-phishing attack conducted by a North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group that obfuscated a malicious code within a bitmap (.BMP) North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is abusing bitmap (.BMP)
SecureList
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
The PyInstaller module for Windows contains a script named “Guard” Interestingly, this malware was developed for both Windows and macOS operating systems. The attackers obtain initial access to a system by sending a spear-phishing email to the victim containing a Dropbox download link.
Security Affairs
MARCH 2, 2019
SI-LAB captured a piece of the FlawedAmmyy malware that leverages undetected XLM macros as an Infection Vehicle to compromise user’s devices. In February 2019, SI-LAB captured multiple samples of phishing campaigns using an Office Excel document carrying a malicious Excel 4.0
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