APT hackers set a honeytrap to ensnare victims – Week in security with Tony Anscombe | WeLiveSecurity

Have
you
ever
been
asked
to
move
an
online
conversation
to
another
–
and
supposedly
more
secure
–
platform?
This
technique,
often
used
by
romance
scammers,
was
recently
used
against
a
number
of
Indian
and
Pakistani
netizens,
possibly
with
a
military
or
political
background.
The
targeted
campaign
–
courtesy
of
the
Transparent
Tribe
APT
group
and

described
in
detail
by
ESET
researchers earlier
this
week
–
distributed
CapraRAT
backdoors
via
trojanized
secure
messaging
and
calling
apps
branded
as
MeetsApp
and
MeetUp.

To
learn
more,
watch
the
video.
Be
sure
to
give
the
blog
a
read,
too: Love
scam
or
espionage?
Transparent
Tribe
lures
Indian
and
Pakistani
officials

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Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.

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