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PAPERMILL Hackers Abuse Signed Notepad++ to Deploy VenomRAT in Tax Audit Attacks

Cybersecurity NewsSeptember 16, 20265 min read

A phishing campaign using a fake tax-audit notice is deploying VenomRAT through a signed copy of Notepad++. The operation, tracked as PAPERMILL, uses an email and a disk-image attachment to make a dangerous file look routine. The attachment arrives with a tax-audit themed subject and can pass SPF, DKIM and DMARC checks. Opening it mounts […] The post PAPERMILL Hackers Abuse Signed Notepad++ to Deploy VenomRAT in Tax Audit Attacks appeared first on Cyber Security News.

A phishing campaign using a fake tax-audit notice is deploying VenomRAT through a signed copy of Notepad++. The operation, tracked as PAPERMILL, uses an email and a disk-image attachment to make a dangerous file look routine. The attachment arrives with a tax-audit themed subject and can pass SPF, DKIM and DMARC checks. Opening it mounts what appears to be a local drive, allowing the malicious chain to start without warning labels carried by files downloaded from the internet. Analysts at JUMPSEC identified the…

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