"CrowdStrike Incident Leveraged for Malware Delivery, Phishing, Scams"

After the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike pushed a routine sensor configuration update that caused a logic error and a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) on Windows systems, many organizations worldwide were disrupted. The CrowdStrike incident is now being used for phishing, scams, and malware delivery. As with other major global events, threat actors, especially financially motivated groups, have leveraged the chaos associated with the pursuit of information and solutions. The threat intelligence company ThreatMon reported the delivery of "HijackLoader" payloads to its customers in Latin America via archive files named 'crowdstrike-hotfix.' This article continues to discuss threat actors' use of the CrowdStrike incident to perform malicious activities.

SecurityWeek reports "CrowdStrike Incident Leveraged for Malware Delivery, Phishing, Scams"

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