Attackers Exploit Microsoft Teams and AnyDesk to Deploy DarkGate Malware

Key Detail	Information
Threat Actors	Unknown actors using social engineering to impersonate a client and gain remote access.
Campaign Overview	Social engineering campaign using Microsoft Teams to impersonate a client and instruct the victim to install AnyDesk for remote access, leading to DarkGate malware deployment.
Target Regions (Or Victims)	Targeting individuals and organizations via email and Microsoft Teams.
Methodology	Email bombardment with thousands of emails, social engineering via Microsoft Teams to impersonate an external supplier, and instructing the victim to install AnyDesk for remote access.
Product targeted	Remote access tools, AnyDesk, and malware payloads (DarkGate).
Malware Reference	DarkGate, a remote access trojan (RAT) used for credential theft, keylogging, screen capturing, audio recording, and remote desktop.
Tools Used	AnyDesk (remote access tool), AutoIt (script for malware deployment).
Vulnerabilities Exploited	Social engineering, reliance on remote access tools like AnyDesk, lack of security vetting for third-party support providers.
TTPs	Social engineering via Teams, instructions to install AnyDesk, malware deployment using AutoIt script.
Attribution	Not attributed to a specific threat actor.
Recommendations	Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA), allowlist approved remote access tools, block unverified applications, vet third-party support providers.
Source	The Hackers News

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