Fake CAPTCHA attacks surged in late 2024 - here's what to look out for
Briefly

"This surge was likely the result of researchers releasing the templates used for these campaigns, which inadvertently provided more threat actors with the tools to easily replicate these tactics."
"A recent investigation by the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) revealed APT28 had been using fake CAPTCHA systems to infiltrate local governments."
"By mimicking reCAPTCHA interfaces, they tricked users into executing commands that downloaded harmful scripts. These scripts are capable of establishing Secure Shell (SSH) tunnels and exfiltrating data."
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