February 14, 2025 By Tushar Subhra Dutta
Job seekers have become the target of a sophisticated ransomware campaign in a recent cybersecurity threat, and this campaign dubbed as “XELERA.”
This campaign uses fake job offers from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to lure victims into opening malicious Word documents.
These documents, once opened, initiate a complex infection chain that ultimately leads to the deployment of ransomware and other malicious activities.
Security analysts at Seqrite identified that Here the initial infection chain starts with spear phishing email, and these emails are highly targeted and personalized fraudulent emails.
