The bait is always real stolen email conversations. The doc attachment contacts the first available url from a list within it to start the malware infection.
The Group’s Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors sound the alarm on the malware growing threat and call upon all countries to effectively implement the FATF standards.
The lure is a supposed change of IP, that requires a confirmation of the account. This passes through a fake page. The objective is to steal credentials.
The emails contain an .xlsm attachment which, when opened, contacts a random link from an internal list. This downloads a DLL that infects the PC with malware.
Bleeping Computer: The aim is to lure victims into enabling Excel macros. Threat actors also continue using signed campaigns for distributing the malware.
Microsoft cybersecurity experts: The malware doesn’t encrypt the files. It blocks access to device by displaying a screen with the ransom note that appears over every other window.