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An ongoing ransomware campaign that employs phony call centers to trick victims into downloading malware may be more dangerous than previously thought, Microsoft researchers say. Because the malware isn’t in a link or document within the email itself, the scam helps attackers bypass some phishing and malware detecting services, Microsoft researchers noted in a report Thursday. When the company first examined it in May, the scheme features attackers posing as subscription service providers who lure victims onto the phone to cancel a non-existent subscription. Once there, the call center worker guides them to download malware onto their computer. Researchers now say that the malware not only allows hackers a one-time backdoor into the device, as previously thought, but to also remotely control the affected system. That means it’s even easier for them to sweep for files and find high-end user credentials that could be used to drop ransomware such as Ryuk or […]

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