A high-volume phishing campaign leveraging the Phorpiex botnet has been distributing GLOBAL GROUP ransomware through weaponized Windows shortcut files. The attack begins with an email attachment named Document.doc.lnk. Windows’ default behavior of hiding known file extensions makes this shortcut appear as a legitimate Word document to unsuspecting users. Attackers enhance deception by borrowing icons from […]

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