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EU financial company attacked with EvilNum malware
EU financial company attacked with EvilNum malware

Proofpoint's threat research team has observed that the hacker group, dubbed TA4563 by the company, is using the EvilNum malware to attack various European financial and investment firms. EvilNum is a backdoor used to steal data or download additional malware payloads can be used. The most recently observed campaigns by the group exclusively targeted companies from the decentralized finance sector (Decentralized Finance: DeFi). Previously, however, organizations involved in the foreign exchange business or trading in cryptocurrencies also came into the crosshairs of the attackers. DeathStalker or EvilNum at Work As part of its investigations, Proofpoint was able to…

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Cybercrime is targeting the Swiss FinTech industry
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ESET informs: Current cybercrime campaign targets the Swiss FinTech industry. Evilnum Group wants to infiltrate and spy on companies. Companies in Switzerland, but also in EU countries, should currently pay close attention to their incoming e-mails. The hacker group Evilnum is currently very active again and is targeting FinTech companies. With so-called spear phishing emails, i.e. very targeted attacks against selected targets, the recipients are to be induced to click on a link to a ZIP file and extract it. In addition to an invoice and identification documents, this also contains malware. At first glance you can see the ...

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