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Phishing reports warn of personalized job lures, voice manipulation
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Hackers use LinkedIn with fake job offers as bait to prey on users
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Security researchers are warning LinkedIn users to beware of unsolicited job offers after revealing a new spear-phishing campaign designed to install Trojan malware on their devices.
The eSentire Threat Response Unit (TRU) yesterday claimed that individuals were being targeted with customized files named the same as their own current role.
“Upon opening the fake job offer, the victim unwittingly initiates the stealthy installation of the fileless backdoor, more eggs. Once loaded, the sophisticated backdoor can download additional malicious plugins and provide hands-on access to the victim’s computer,” it continued.
“The threat group behind more eggs, Golden Chickens, sell the backdoor under a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) arrangement to other cyber-criminals.”
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A group of criminals behind a stealthy backdoor known as more eggs is targeting professionals with fake job offers tailored to them based on information from their LinkedIn profiles. The gang is selling access to systems infected with the backdoor to other sophisticated cybercrime groups including FIN6, Evilnum and Cobalt Group that are known to target organizations from various industries.
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Spearfishing with LinkedIn info
In a recent attack detected by researchers from managed detection and response firm eSentire, the hackers targeted a professional working in the healthcare technology industry with a phishing email mimicking a job offer for a position identical to the one the target had listed on their LinkedIn profile page. This seems to be a technique that t
LinkedIn Spear-Phishing Campaign Targets Job Hunters
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