Attackers are distributing NetSupport Manager malware across adult websites.
Cybercriminals are tricking victims into downloading malware (opens in new tab) by telling them their browsers are outdated and need to be updated in order to view the contents of the page. Avast cybersecurity researchers Jan Rubin and Pavel Novak uncovered a phishing campaign in which an unknown threat actor compromised more than 16,000 WordPress and Joomla hosted (opens in new tab) websites with weak login credentials. These are usually adult content websites, personal websites, university sites, and local government pages After gaining access to these sites, the attackers would tpically set up a Traffic Direction System (TDS), Parrot TDS.
