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Craig Hale

SHOCKING: Watch out that dream job applicant could actually just be damaging malware - What They Never Told You

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Cybersecurity company Proofpoint has warned of an attacker employing a variety of methods to spread malware within organizations, and the latest technique is just as easy to fall for as it is to spot.

The attack, attributed to a financially motivated threat actor known as TA4557, impersonates a job applicant and uses attachments like PDFs and Word documents or malicious websites to spread malware.

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