Dangerous TA866 malware returns with devious new phishing campaign

A fish hook is lying across a computer keyboard, representing a phishing attack on a computer system.

After a nine month hiatus, the infamous TA866 threat actor is back, a new report from cybersecurity researchers Proofpoint has claimed, having recently observed a large phishing campaign targeting people in North America.

As per its report, Proofpoint says TA866 sent “several thousand emails” with subjects such as “Project achievements”, and similar.