#Simplenote email scam pdf#
The phishing emails have PDF attachments when victims click on them they are prompted to download content from a password-protected archive, Cybereason reports.
Such attacks have increased since pandemic lockdowns forced office staffers - including government officials - to work from home, with cybercriminals taking advantage of an increase in traffic to e-commerce, social media and other sites. Phishing attacks generally use fake emails that appear to be from a legitimate source, in order to get victims to hand over passwords and other personal data by prompting them to type login details into a website front. The phishing campaign uses email with political themes to trick victims into downloading backdoor programmes from social media accounts that issue command and control (C2) instructions. Cybereason says it observed the group primarily targeting UAE, Egypt, Turkey, and the Palestinian Territories. Researchers say that the group is politically motivated and has been operating since 2012. The malware was reported last week by Cybereason, which attributed the campaign to an advanced persistent threat (APT) known as Molerats, a part of the hacker group called The Gaza Cybergang. An apparent espionage campaign that uses three previously unreported malware variants and targets political and government leaders in the Middle East is adding to a wave of phishing attacks that has washed over the region in the wake of a massive move to remote work caused by COVID-19.
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