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Cobalt cybercrime gang abused Google App Engine in recent attacks

The Cobalt cybercrime gang has been using Google App Engine to distribute malware through PDF decoy documents. Cobalt crime gang is a Russian hacking crew that has been active since at least 2016, it targeted banks worldwide, the group leveraged spear-phishing emails to compromise target systems, spoofed emails from financial institutions or a financial supplier/partner. The group targeted more than 20 other government and financial institutions worldwide. The attack technique resembles the Squiblydoo method whereby malicious scriptlets are loaded using native Windows applications.”]

Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/80352/hacking/cobalt-google-app-engine.html

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