French researchers have developed an automated social engineering tool that uses a man-in-the middle attack and strikes up online conversations with potential victims. Researchers have spotted notable code overlap between the Sunburst backdoor and a known Turla weapon. Researchers at Recorded Future report a rise in cracked Cobalt Strike and other open-source adversarial tools with easy-to-use interfaces. Researchers lack confidence in organizations’ defenses against looming Russian cyberattacks, @wirelesswench report https://t.co/Q8lpOqhc1n.
Source: https://threatpost.com/automating-social-engineering-mitm-attacks-061110/74096/