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Jun 2, 05:52 AM
Phishing Campaign Impersonates Rothschild Recruiters to Target CFOs Across Europe, Africa, Asia Using NetBird and OpenSSH
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Phishing Campaign Impersonates Rothschild Recruiters to Target CFOs Across Europe, Africa, Asia Using NetBird and OpenSSH

Authors
  • The Hacker News
  • Nicolas Krassas
  • Mandiant (part of Google Cloud)
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A coordinated phishing campaign has been identified targeting financial executives, particularly chief financial officers (CFOs), across Europe, Africa, and Asia. The attackers impersonate recruiters from Rothschild, a prominent financial institution, to deceive victims into completing a CAPTCHA that leads to the installation of legitimate remote access tools NetBird and OpenSSH. This tactic grants cybercriminals unauthorized remote access to the victims' systems. Additionally, a related phishing operation observed by GTIG targets European government organizations using signed .rdp attachments to initiate Remote Desktop Protocol connections, highlighting a broader trend of sophisticated cyber intrusions leveraging trusted software to bypass security defenses.

Written with ChatGPT (GPT-4).

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