Attackers employ novel methods to backdoor French organizations

An advanced threat actor has been spotted using distinctive, novel methods to backdoor French entities in the construction, real estate, and government industries. How the attack unfolds The attack starts with a well-known technique – emails containing a macro-enabled Microsoft Word document masquerading as information relating to the GDPR – and ends up with an attempt to install a backdoor on target systems. What happens in between those steps, though, is what makes these attacks … More →

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