Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-07-11 00:00:00
Affected organization: Ammyy
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Researchers from ESET reveal that on June 13 or 14, the Ammyy website was compromised to serve a malware-tainted version of this otherwise legitimate software bundling the Kasidet trojan. To add an interesting twist to the incident, the attackers tried to hide their malicious activity behind the brand of the ongoing FIFA World Cup.