As part of a purported hiring process, cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike is warning of a phishing attempt that uses its own branding to deliver a cryptocurrency miner masquerading as an employee CRM application.
According to the business, the attack starts with a phishing email that poses as CrowdStrike recruitment and leads recipients to a malicious website. A phony application that acts as a downloader for the cryptominer XMRig is presented to victims, prompting them to download and run it.
The Texas-based business claimed to have learned about the malicious activity on January 7, 2025, and to be aware of frauds including phony job offers from CrowdStrike read more about CrowdStrike Warns of Phishing Scam Targeting Job Seekers with XMRig Cryptominer.
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