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Windows infected with backdoored Linux VMs in new phishing attacks

A new phishing campaign dubbed 'CRON#TRAP' infects Windows with a Linux virtual machine that contains a built-in backdoor to give stealthy access to corporate networks. Using virtual machines to conduct attacks is nothing new, with ransomware gangs and cryptominers using them to stealthily perform malicious activity. However, threat actors commonly install these manually after they breach a network. A new campaign spotted by Securonix researchers is instead using phishing emails to perform unatt...

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