April brings tulips, taxes, and phishing scams

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April brings tulips, taxes ... and phisherfolk scammers

The last few days of America's tax season are stressful enough, dealing with deadlines and, increasingly, online scams. Now comes another one, a sophisticated and ongoing phishing campaign by a threat group dubbed"Tactical#Octopus" that is using tax-related lures to spread malware.

The Tactical#Octopus group, which is targeting people in the US, also use what seem to be valid tax forms and contracts. "Behind the lure document attachment is interesting malware which features stealthy AV [antivirus] evasion tactics, layers of code obfuscation and multiple C2 channels," the researchers wrote, adding that the initial compromise is fairly complex.

 

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