Attackers Exploit Microsoft Teams and AnyDesk to Deploy DarkGate Malware
Microsoft Teams has been used in a recent social engineering campaign to help spread the known malware known as DarkGate.
Researchers Catherine Loveria, Jovit Samaniego, and Gabriel Nicoleta of Trend Micro claimed that an attacker impersonated a user's client and obtained remote access to their machine through social engineering during a Microsoft Teams call.
The attacker successfully directed the victim to download AnyDesk, a frequently used remote access program, but was unable to install a Microsoft Remote Support application.
According to a recent report by cybersecurity company Rapid7, the attack entailed flooding a target's email inbox with thousands of emails read more about Attackers Exploit Microsoft Teams and AnyDesk to Deploy DarkGate Malware.
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