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Exposing Russian EFF Impersonators: The Inside Story on Stealc and Pyramid C2
Discover how an open directory exposed a threat actor impersonating EFF to target gamers and how we mapped their infrastructure to Stealc & Pyramid C2.
A threat group impersonating the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is targeting Albion Online players through decoy documents designed to lend credibility while malware executes in the background. While real-money transactions are against the game's terms of service and can result in permanent bans, third-party markets exist where in-game assets are exchanged for money, making player accounts a lucrative target. By impersonating reputable organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), attackers disseminated phishing messages that directed users to malicious infrastructures hosting both decoy documents and malware.
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