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Deception at scale: How attackers abuse governmental infrastructure

 Continuing our initiative of sharing VirusTotal’s visibility to help researchers, security practitioners and the general public better understand the nature of malicious attacks, we are proud to announce our “Deception at scale: How attackers abuse governmental infrastructure” report. Here are some of the main ideas presented there:

  • Governmental domains are among the top categories used by attackers in 2022 to distribute malicious content.