Targeted attacks
The malware, which allegedly originated in Vietnam, was discovered and continuously monitored and analyzed since then at the beginning of the year by the cybersecurity company WithSecure.
People and companies with high-level access to a Facebook business account are targeted via LinkedIn and attacked using spear phishing attacks.
“We believe that DUCKTAIL operators carefully select a small number of targets to increase their chances of success and remain unnoticed.
Mohammad Kazem Hassan Nejad, WithSecure
We have observed people in management, digital marketing, digital media and human resources roles within companies being targeted.”
So far there are no known attacks in Germany.
LinkedIn, LikedIn, LockedIn
If the person concerned has clicked on the files in the email, which often contain marketing-relevant names such as images, documents or videos, the computer system reads the browser cookies for relevant information. Authenticated Facebook sessions are particularly interesting here.
If access to the account is achieved through a mix of the intercepted data, the attackers grant themselves administrator and financial rights by being able to add new accounts to the profile via email. From the besieged accounts, they can spread more malware or disinformation without restrictions.
Facebook warns
“We are aware of these specific fraudsters, take action against them on a regular basis and continually update our systems to detect these attempts. Because this malware is typically downloaded across platforms, we encourage users to be careful about what software they install on their devices.”
Meta
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