Cybercriminals have been discovered abusing the popular VLC multimedia player to deliver Cobalt Strike beacons to targets in Australia.  The campaign includes SEO poisoning and the Gootkit loader malware (opens in new tab) and targets victims searching for healthcare institutions in Australia. The malware was discoverd by Trend Micro, with described how the threat actors created a malicious website, designed to look like a forum, where a user shared a healthcare-related agreement document template inside a ZIP archive, in response to a query.
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