FIN6 Uses AWS-Hosted Fake Resumes on LinkedIn to Deliver More_eggs Malware

The financially motivated threat actor known as FIN6 has been observed leveraging fake resumes hosted on Amazon Web Services AWS infrastructure to deliver a malware family called Moreeggs. "By posing as job seekers and initiating conversations through platforms like LinkedIn and Indeed, the group...

More_eggs MaaS Expands Operations with RevC2 Backdoor and Venom Loader

The threat actors behind the Moreeggs malware have been linked to two new malware families, indicating an expansion of its malware-as-a-service MaaS operation. This includes a novel information-stealing backdoor called RevC2 and a loader codenamed Venom Loader, both of which are deployed using...

Fake Job Applications Deliver Dangerous More_eggs Malware to HR Professionals

A spear-phishing email campaign has been observed targeting recruiters with a JavaScript backdoor called Moreeggs, indicating persistent efforts to single out the sector under the guise of fake job applications. "A sophisticated spear-phishing lure tricked a recruitment officer into downloading a...

MDR in Action: Preventing The More_eggs Backdoor From Hatching

Trend Micro MDR Managed Detection and Response team promptly mitigated a moreeggs infection. Using Vision One, MDR illustrated how Custom Filters/Models and Security Playbook can be used to automate the response to moreeggs and similar threats...

More_eggs Malware Disguised as Resumes Targets Recruiters in Phishing Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have spotted a phishing attack distributing the Moreeggs malware by masquerading it as a resume, a technique originally detected more than two years ago. The attack, which was unsuccessful, targeted an unnamed company in the industrial services industry in May 2024,...

Fake Resumes, Real Malware: TA4557 Exploits Recruiters for Backdoor Access

By Waqas TA4557 is a financially motivated threat actor known to distribute the MoreEggs backdoor against recruiters on LinkedIn. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake Resumes, Real Malware: TA4557 Exploits Recruiters for Backdoor Access...

Experts Uncover the Identity of Mastermind Behind Golden Chickens Malware Service

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered the real-world identity of the threat actor behind Golden Chickens malware-as-a-service, who goes by the online persona "badbullzvenom." eSentire's Threat Response Unit TRU, in an exhaustive report published following a 16-month-long investigation, said i...

Go Inside Rapid7 MDR: Timelines and Tick Tocks

They say by 2025, half of all businesses will turn to a managed detection and response MDR service. Breaches are called “inevitable” now. And even with a blank check, most companies couldn’t hire their way to tight security: the expertise just isn’t out there. In this new eBook you’ll find real...

Hackers Targeting professionals With 'more_eggs' Malware via LinkedIn Job Offers

A new spear-phishing campaign is targeting professionals on LinkedIn with weaponized job offers in an attempt to infect targets with a sophisticated backdoor trojan called "moreeggs." To increase the odds of success, the phishing lures take advantage of malicious ZIP archive files that have the...

Hackers Targeting professionals With 'more_eggs' Malware via LinkedIn Job Offers

A new spear-phishing campaign is targeting professionals on LinkedIn with weaponized job offers in an attempt to infect targets with a sophisticated backdoor trojan called "moreeggs." To increase the odds of success, the phishing lures take advantage of malicious ZIP archive files that have the...

Fake LinkedIn job offers scam spreading More_eggs backdoor

By Waqas According to researchers, threat actors are using zip files to trick LinkedIn users into executing the Moreeggs backdoor. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake LinkedIn job offers scam spreading Moreeggs backdoor...

LinkedIn Spear-Phishing Campaign Targets Job Hunters

A threat group called Golden Chickens is delivering the fileless backdoor moreeggs through a spear-phishing campaign targeting professionals on LinkedIn with fake job offers, according to researchers at eSentire. The phishing emails try to trick a victim into clicking on a malicious .ZIP file by...

TrickBot Adds Custom, Stealthy Backdoor to its Arsenal

The Russian-speaking cybercriminals behind the TrickBot malware have developed a stealthy backdoor dubbed “PowerTrick,” in order to infiltrate high-value targets. According to research from SentinelLabs, released on Thursday, PowerTrick is designed to execute commands and return the results in...

Multiple Cobalt Personality Disorder

Introduction Despite the notion that modern cybersecurity protocols have stopped email-based attacks, email continues to be one of the primary attack vectors for malicious actors — both for widespread and targeted operations. Recently, Cisco Talos has observed numerous email-based attacks that ar...