Criminals are using resumes to hide malicious payloads in a business climate that has seen hundreds of thousands of individuals searching for jobs. According to new research, the fake CVs disguise banking trojans and data stealers in macros within Microsoft Excel files. Researchers at Check Point Software say that a new campaign of Zloader malware has been part of an overall doubling of resume-based subterfuge in the last two months. A similar campaign involving the TrickBot loader hides within an attachment labelled as a family leave request within the parameters of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
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@Paul Bischoff, Privacy Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"More recent versions of Microsoft Office projects open documents with macros disabled and prompt users to turn them on. ..."
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@Paul Bischoff, Privacy Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"More recent versions of Microsoft Office projects open documents with macros disabled and prompt users to turn them on. ..."
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@Javvad Malik, Security Awareness Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"technical controls should be put in place, such as isolating those email boxes which receive external resumes..."
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@Javvad Malik, Security Awareness Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"technical controls should be put in place, such as isolating those email boxes which receive external resumes..."
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@Jamie Akhtar, CEO and Co-founder, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Cybercrime is often opportunistic...."
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@Jamie Akhtar, CEO and Co-founder, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Cybercrime is often opportunistic...."
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@Chris Hauk, Consumer Privacy Champion, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"increased employee education about how to safely use email and how to avoid clicking links or opening attachments..."
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@Chris Hauk, Consumer Privacy Champion, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"increased employee education about how to safely use email and how to avoid clicking links or opening attachments..."
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