Raccoon malware is a powerful malicious tool designed to steal all kinds of personal data including login credentials, desktop crypto wallets, credit card information, etc.
According to a report from IBM X-Force, in a recent sextortion scam, victims’ devices are infected with Raccoon payloads distributed via emails delivered using different subject lines while there is sextortion scam campaign active as well, which is none other than the typical DocuSign.
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As per the findings from Threat Intelligence researchers at IBM X-Force, attackers are trapping unsuspecting users through infected emails from the Outlook promising to show nude extortion photos of their friend’s girlfriend.
The recipient is informed that the email is sent by the Red Skull Hacker Crew and who possess nude images of the owner’s girlfriend for which they have demanded $500.
Image credit: IBM X-Force
Since the victim failed to pay the ransom, they are distributing photos to all of his contacts. This is how the cunning cybercriminals are luring innocent users in getting their devices infected by opening an attachment that is part of the email.
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