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Research by cybersecurity researchers has revealed that threat actors have been using tampered versions of KeePass password manager software to break into enterprise networks for several months. Researchers have discovered that this campaign has been sophisticated and ongoing for several months. For more than eight months, attackers have been using trojanized applications to stealthily infiltrate organisations and present themselves as legitimate KeePass installers while encoding malicious code into them.
A deceptive installer serves as an entry point by which adversaries may gain access to internal systems, deploy Cobalt Strike beacons and harvest credentials, setting up large-scale ransomware attacks by using these deceptive installers as entry points. In this campaign, attackers have shown a particular interest in environments running VMware ESXi-one of the most widely used enterprise virtualisation platforms-indicating their strategic intention of targeting critical infrastructure environments.
After the attackers are able to gain access, they escalate their privileges, move across networks, and plant ransomware payloads to disrupt operations as well as compromise data to the maximum extent possible. In addition to ensuring persistent access, malware is also able to exfiltrate sensitive information, which severely undermines the security postures of organisations targeted for attacks.
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