Ongoing Social Engineering Campaign Refreshes Payloads


On June 20, 2024, Rapid7 identified multiple intrusion attempts by threat actors utilizing techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) that are consistent with an ongoing social engineering campaign being tracked by Rapid7.

The initial lure being utilized by the threat actors remains the same: an email bomb followed by an attempt to call impacted users and offer a fake solution. In the recent cases handled by Rapid7, external calls were typically made to the impacted users via Microsoft Teams. Once on the phone, the threat actor would convince the user to download and install AnyDesk, a popular remote access tool that allows the threat actor to take control of the user’s computer.

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Source: Rapid7


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