While responding to an incident, the Incident Response team of Positive Technologies Expert Security Center (PT ESC) discovered an unknown keylogger embedded in the main Microsoft Exchange Server page of one of our customers.
This keylogger was collecting account credentials into a file accessible via a special path from the internet. The team identified over 30 victims, most of whom were linked to government agencies across various countries. According to the researchers’ data, the first compromise occurred in 2021. Without additional data, they were not able to attribute these attacks to a specific group; however, most victims are located in Africa and the Middle East.
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Source: Positive Technologies
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