Security News > 2020 > October > Phishing emails lure victims with inside info on Trump's health
A phishing campaign pushing a network-compromising backdoor pretends to have the inside scoop on President Trump's health after being infected with COVID-19.
To capitalize on this, the threat actors behind the BazarLoader trojan have started a new phishing campaign that pretends to have insider information on Trump's condition.
Recent materials pertaining to the president's illness Newest information about the president's condition Newest info pertaining to President's illness.
The spam email themselves tease that they have new insider information regarding Trump's health, but require you to download a document using an embedded link.
When clicking on the download link, instead of downloading a Word doc, a BazarLoader executable will be downloaded instead. BazarLoader is a backdoor trojan believed to be created by the notorious TrickBot gang.
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