Security News > 2023 > December > Proofpoint Exposes Sophisticated Social Engineering Attack on Recruiters That Infects Their Computers With Malware

Recruiters and anyone else involved in hiring processes should be knowledgeable about this social engineering attack threat.

A new report from U.S.-based cybersecurity company Proofpoint exposes a new attack campaign operated by a financially-oriented threat actor dubbed TA4557 with high financial data theft risks and possibly more risks such as intellectual property theft.

In this social engineering campaign, the threat actor targets recruiters with benign content before infecting their machines with the More Eggs malware.

The latest attack campaign from threat actor TA4557, as exposed by Proofpoint, targets recruiters by sending them a direct email.

TA4557 is described by Proofpoint as a "Skilled, financially motivated threat actor" who demonstrates sophistical social engineering.

TA4557 uses social engineering to infect the machines of unsuspecting victims, which are recruiters in this attack campaign; in the past, the threat actor also targeted individuals looking for jobs.

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https://www.techrepublic.com/article/proofpoint-research-ta4557-threat/