'Unique Attack Chain' Drops Backdoor in New Phishing Campaign
A threat group combines the use of steganography, open source tools, and Python scripts to target organizations in France.
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A threat group combines the use of steganography, open source tools, and Python scripts to target organizations in France.
Threat actors are abusing the popular Chocolatey Windows package manager in a new phishing campaign to install new 'Serpent' backdoor malware on systems of French government agencies and large construction firms. [...]
Researchers have exposed a new targeted email campaign aimed at French entities in the construction, real estate, and government sectors that leverages the Chocolatey Windows package manager to deliver a backdoor called Serpent on compromised systems