The campaign uses convincing university branding and trusted services such as Google Drive to bypass email security controls, with more than 80% of observed targets tied to healthcare-related universities. Once installed, the RAT can enable threat actors to control the system, access sensitive information, transfer files, and potentially deliver additional malware such as ransomware.
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The campaign uses convincing university branding and trusted services such as Google Drive to bypass email security controls, with more than 80% of observed targets tied to healthcare-related universities.
Once installed, the RAT can enable threat actors to control the system, access sensitive information, transfer files, and potentially deliver additional malware such as ransomware.
Threat actors are impersonating university leaders and using fabricated sexual misconduct allegations to pressure recipients into downloading Zoho Assist, a legitimate remote access tool abused to gain...
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The campaign uses convincing university branding and trusted services such as Google Drive to bypass email security controls, with more than 80% of observed targets tied to healthcare-related universities. Once installed, the RAT can enable threat actors to control the system, access sensitive information, transfer files, and potentially deliver additional malware such as ransomware. Threat actors are impersonating university leaders and using fabricated sexual misconduct allegations to pressure recipients into downloading Zoho Assist, a legitimate remote access tool abused to gain control of victims' computers.
Threat actors are impersonating university leaders and using fabricated sexual misconduct allegations to pressure recipients into downloading Zoho Assist, a legitimate remote access tool abused to gain control of victims' computers.
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