BatShadow Group Uses New Go-Based ‘Vampire Bot’ Malware to Hunt Job Seekers
BatShadow, a Vietnamese threat actor, has been implicated in a recent operation that uses social engineering techniques to trick digital marketers and job seekers into downloading Vampire Bot, an as-yet-undiscovered piece of malware.
In a report shared with The Hacker News, researchers Aditya K. Sood and Varadharajan K. of Aryaka Threat Research Labs said that the attackers distribute infected files masquerading as job descriptions and company documents while posing as recruiters. These lures start a Go-based malware infection chain when they are opened.
According to the cybersecurity firm, the attack chains use ZIP archives that include malicious shortcuts (LNK) or executable files disguised as PDFs in order to fool users into opening the decoy PDF documents. The LNK file launches ...