A new threat actor has been found impersonating the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and other government agencies to deliver and install backdoor malware to various organizations in Germany, Italy and the United States, according to new research.
The campaigns, which researchers from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint observed between Oct. 16 and Nov. 12, are consistent with emerging tactics from bad actors to use increasingly sophisticated social engineering and spoofing to deliver malware, researchers said.
