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DarkHydrus using Phishery tool to harvest credentials

August 7th, 2018 By Robert Abel

 

The recently discovered DarkHydrus threat group is now using the open-source Phishery tool to harvest credentials from an educational institution in the Middle East.

 

On June 24, researchers from Palo Alto’s Unit 42 division observed the threat group carrying out an attack using a spear phishing email with the subject line reading “Project Offer” and a malicious word attachment, according to an Aug. 7, 2018 company blog post.

 

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