Security News > 2023 > October > Women Political Leaders Summit targeted in RomCom malware phishing
A new, lightweight variant of the RomCom backdoor was deployed against participants of the Women Political Leaders Summit in Brussels, a summit focusing on gender equality and women in politics.
Designed to imitate the real Women Political Leaders website hosted on wplsummit.org.
Trend Micro identifies the latest, stripped-down variant of RomCom as the fourth major release of the backdoor, explaining that it's the same malware Volexity researchers recently named 'Peapod.
Compared to RomCom 3.0, the previous version seen in Void Rabisu operations, the new backdoor variant has undergone significant changes, making it lighter and stealthier.
In general, Void Rabisu's tactics and the deployment of the RomCom malware remain cloudy.
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