Guarding Against the Unseen: Investigating a Stealthy Remcos Malware Attack on Colombian Firms

Research by: Niv Asraf

Abstract

In the last two months, Check Point researchers encountered a new large-scale phishing campaign that recently targeted more than 40 prominent companies across multiple industries, in Colombia. The attackers’ objective was to discreetly install the notorious “Remcos” malware on victims’ computers. Remcos, a sophisticated “Swiss Army Knife” RAT, grants attackers full control over the infected computer and can be used in a variety of attacks. Common consequences of a Remcos infection include data theft, follow-up …

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