Agile Threat Actors Pivot from COVID-19 to Voter Registration Themes in Phishing Lures
released on 2020-10-15 @ 07:41:36 PM
The rise in election-themed messages continues, from the recent campaigns on the U.S. President’s health, to the Democratic National Committee, to now impersonating the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), spotted by security researchers at KnowBe4. The latest messages spoof a voter registration page and attempt to collect personally identifiable information (PII). Proofpoint researchers identified similar messages in our data, as well as additional credential and information phishkits from the same actor, which we detail below.