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BankInfoSecurity Compliance @prajeetspeaks) • May 24, 2021     If the "Outgoing Payments" PDF is clicked, it downloads the StrRAT. (Source: Microsoft) Microsoft is warning about a spam campaign that uses an updated variant of Java-based StrRAT malware that steals confidential data while disguising itself as a ransomware infection even though it does not actually encrypt data. "This remote access Trojan is infamous for its ransomware-like behavior of appending the file name extension .crimson to files without actua...

minute read Share this article: Microsoft Security discovered malicious PDFs that download Java-based StrRAT, which can steal credentials and change file names but doesn’t actually encrypt. An email campaign is delivering a Java-based remote access trojan (RAT) that can not only steal credentials and take control of systems, but also presents as fake ransomware, Microsoft researchers have discovered. The Microsoft Security Intelligence (MSI) team has outlined details of a “massive email campaign” delivering the StrRAT malware that they observed last week and reported in a s...

Watch your work email for malware that can hijack your system By Charlie Fripp, Komando.com Business infrastructure and email systems should be of the highest priority for all companies. If hackers manage to infect corporate networks with malware, there is no telling what information they can steal. But sometimes, even the best systems can be breached when employees aren’t careful or negligently divulge information. Over the last few months, Microsoft said that it has been tracking several spear-phishing attacks targeting companies. Tap or click here to see the biggest threat to smal...

What you need to know Phishers are at it again, distributing data theft Trojans. Microsoft has been following their activities. Microsoft Security Intelligence released findings on Twitter. Today in predictable cybercrime, there's a campaign going on wherein phishers are targeting people in the travel and aerospace industries with malicious emails containing loaders that pave the way for remote access Trojans (RATs) to steal data. Microsoft Security Intelligence exposed the whole operation over on Twitter. In the past few months, Microsoft has been tracking a dynamic campaign targeting the ae...

Ransomware is spiking as cyberattacks on Microsoft jump, according to a report. The two trends are overlapping in the wake of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) recent alerts on ransomware attacks targeting Microsoft Exchange servers, according to Check Point Research (CPR). The CPR report cited a 57% increase in ransomware attacks on organizations it tracks within the last six months and a 9% increase in ransomware attacks each month since the beginning of the year. And the number of attacks on Microsoft Exchange servers tripled in the week before the report was...