New Agent Tesla Variant Uses Excel Exploit to Infect Windows PCs

By Deeba Ahmed
FortiGuard Discovers Phishing Campaign Distributing New Agent Tesla Variant to Windows Devices.
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Agent Tesla Keylogger Gets Data Theft and Targeting Update

The infamous keylogger has shifted its targeting tactics and now collects stored credentials for less-popular web browsers and email clients. Continue reading Agent Tesla Keylogger Gets Data Theft and Targeting Update

RATicate Group Hits Industrial Firms With Revolving Payloads

A new threat group uses NSIS as an installer to target industrial companies with revolving payloads, including LokiBot, FormBook, BetaBot, Agent Tesla and Netwire. Continue reading RATicate Group Hits Industrial Firms With Revolving Payloads

Hackers posed as Egyptian oil contractor in apparent spy campaign ahead of OPEC meeting

Hackers are trying to infect organizations throughout the world with a popular strain of malware by sending emails that appear to be from an Egyptian oil company. In research published Tuesday, Romanian antivirus company BitDefender noted a surge in attempted phishing attacks that try to trick users into downloading malware by masquerading as Enppi, an oil company owned by the Egyptian government. The malware, known as Agent Tesla, is a spyware tool which enables hackers to monitor keystrokes, steal data about file downloads and collect username and password credentials from internet browsers, among other capabilities. The number of attacks spiked in the weeks before the world’s top oil producers debated whether to cut output during a meeting between the OPEC+ alliance and the Group of 20 nations, which suggests interest in specific countries’ strategies around an international standoff that’s had ramifications for the global economy. BitDefender researchers said hackers used the […]

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