Fortra researchers identified an active phishing campaign that delivers a Remote Access Trojan by abusing Datto’s legitimate RMM platform as its command-and-control channel, giving attackers persistent, full remote access while blending into normal enterprise traffic. The campaign relies on social engineering rather than exploits and is difficult to detect because malicious activity is tunneled through trusted Datto RMM infrastructure over HTTPS.

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Executive SummaryGitHub email notifications are being abused to deliver vishing content, according to findings from the Fortra Intelligence and Research Experts (FIRE) team. Vishing, or voice phishing, is a type of social engineering attack in which threat actors attempt to trick their victim into revealing personal information over a phone call or voice message, often beginning with an initial...