Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware campaign that leverages bogus Google Sites pages and HTML smuggling to distribute a commercial malware called AZORult in order to facilitate information theft.
"It uses an unorthodox HTML smuggling technique where the malicious payload is embedded in a separate JSON file hosted on an external website," Netskope Threat Labs
A DarkGate malware campaign observed in mid-January 2024 leveraged a recently patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows as a zero-day using bogus software installers.
βDuring this campaign, users were lured using PDFs that contained Google DoubleClick Digital Marketing (DDM) open redirects that led unsuspecting victims to compromised sites hosting the Microsoft Windows SmartScreen bypass CVE-
Modern security tools continue to improve in their ability to defend organizationsβ networks and endpoints against cybercriminals. But the bad actors still occasionally find a way in.
Security teams must be able to stop threats and restore normal operations as quickly as possible. Thatβs why itβs essential that these teams not only have the right tools but also understand how to effectively