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Phishing scam pretends to be the Red Cross to trick victims into installing malware

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new threat actor, named AtlasCross, deploying trojans capable of stealing data and running malicious code. The malware uses basic methods – like Word documents with a macro function to download a trojan named DangerAds. The malicious actor has been seen impersonating the Red Cross to carry out these attacks. The primary purpose of the attacks seems to be penetrating specific networks.

Source: www.techradar.com –

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