Attackers use portable executables of remote management software to great effect

Tricking users at targeted organizations into installing legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) software has become a familiar pattern employed by financially motivated attackers. No organization is spared, not even agencies of the US federal civilian executive branch – as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned on Wednesday. Attackers’ modus operandi “In October 2022, CISA identified a widespread cyber campaign involving the malicious use of legitimate RMM software. Specifically, cyber criminal actors sent … More →

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