Spear-Phishing Campaign Used RomCom Malware Variant
April 14, 2025 By Akshaya Asokan
A phishing campaign wielding malware previously associated with Russian-speaking hackers targeted the U.K. Ministry of Defense in late 2024, the British government said Friday.
Hackers spear-phished civil servants with emails purporting to originate from a news organization, later also deploying financially themed bait that directed users to a commercial file sharing site. The ministry and the National Cyber Security Centre disclosed the campaign on Friday. Anyone who clicked on the links in the phishing emails ultimately ended up with a malicious downloader known as Damascened Peacock on their computer, they said.