Wednesday, July 22, 2015

MiniDionis: Where a Voicemail Can Lead to a Malware Attack

From Tripwires State of Security blog:

MiniDionis: Where a Voicemail Can Lead to a Malware Attack

For just over a week, government departments, research institutes and other high-value targets have been on the sharp end of a sophisticated attack, where fake voicemails are being used to create a diversion while malware infects computer systems.

As security researchers at Palo Alto Networks’s Unit 42 division detail, it is believed the attack is being perpetrated by the same gang responsible for other malware campaigns including CrazyDuke, Seaduke, CozyDuke, MiniDuke, OnionDuke and CosmicDuke, all of which have deployed targeted attacks against governments in recent years.

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