DarkGate Malware attack Archives

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. Get up to date on the ...

Attacks using the commodity malware DarkGate that target organizations in the U.S., India, and the U.K. have been connected to Vietnamese criminals who are known to use the infamous Ducktail stealer. WithSecure stated in a report released today that "the overlap of tools and campaigns is very likely due to the effects of a cybercrime marketplace." "Threat actors are able to acquire and use multiple different tools for the same purpose, and all they have to do is come up with targets, campaigns, and lures." The development coincides with an increase in malware campaigns that use DarkGate in recent months, mostly due to its creator's choice to sell it to other threat actors for malware-as-a-service (MaaS) after utilizing it for personal use since 2018 read more Vietnamese Hackers Targ...

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Attackers Exploit Microsoft Teams and AnyDesk to Deploy DarkGate Malware

Vietnamese Hackers Target U.K., U.S., and India with DarkGate Malware