New campaign uses government, union-themed lures to deliver Cobalt Strike beacons

• Cisco Talos discovered a malicious campaign in August 2022 delivering Cobalt Strike beacons that could be used in later, follow-on attacks.
• Lure themes in the phishing documents in this campaign are related to the job details of a government organization in the United States and a trade union in New Zealand.
• The attack involves a multistage and modular infection chain with fileless, malicious scripts.

Cisco Talos recently discovered a malicious campaign with a …

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