- Wei Jie CHEE
Black Lives Matter phishing scams looks to spread TrickBot malware
Updated: Jun 17, 2020
As the massive US and global protests continue following the killing of George Floyd, a new phishing operation is attempting to leverage the BLM movement.
đ± Malicious actors are attempting to spread the TrickBot modular banking trojan via phishing emails that ask recipients to âLeave a review confidentially about Black Lives Matter.â
đ Senders identify themselves as the country's authority and ask recipients to fill out the attached document.
âïž Individuals who open the document are asked to enable malicious macros that download and execute a DLL payload onto the victimâs computer.
Phishing actors often capitalize on current events such as any campaigns and use them in their phishing themes to entice victims to engage â whether clicking a link, opening an attachment or entering credentials
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