CRON#TRAP Phishing Targets Windows
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•Windows infected with backdoored Linux VMs in new phishing attacks
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A new phishing campaign infects Windows with a Linux virtual machine that contains a built-in backdoor to give stealthy access to corporate networks.
The phishing emails pretend to be a " OneAmerica survey" that includes a large 285 MB ZIP archive to install a Linux VM with a pre-installed backdoor.
Chisel is a network tunneling program that is pre-configured to create secure communication channels with a specific command and control server via WebSockets .
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