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APT36 jumps on the coronavirus bandwagon, delivers Crimson RAT

March 17, 2020 admin APT, apt36, coronavirus, coronavirus malware, covid-19, credential stealer, crimson rat, exploit, Exploits, info-stealer, macro, malicious macro, malware, nation-state attack, Rat, remote administration tool, Social engineering, spear phishing, spear phishing attack, Threat analysis, transparent tribe

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:00:00 +0000

We look at a spear phishing attack from APT36, an Advanced Persistent Threat group posing as the government of India and offering guidance on coronavirus. Instead, users are infected with a Crimson RAT that steals data.

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Live Coronavirus Map Used to Spread Malware

March 17, 2020 admin AZORult, coronavirus malware, coronavirus map, covid-19 malware, johns hopkins university, Latest Warnings, The Coming Storm

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:53:26 +0000

Cybercriminals constantly latch on to news items that captivate the public’s attention, but usually they do so by sensationalizing the topic or spreading misinformation about it. Recently, however, cybercrooks have started disseminating real-time, accurate information about global infection rates tied to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic in a bid to infect computers with malicious software.