RAT scammers pose as the Australian Cyber Security Centre – Security

A social engineering campaign featuring phishing emails and rip-off calls that impersonate the Australian Cyber Stability Centre is underway at the moment, the government agency warns.

The unknown scammers claim to be ACSC staff members who are contacting Australians to warn them that their desktops have been compromised.

Email messages purporting to be sent by the ACSC ask victims to down load antivirus software program via a url in the information if people click on on the url, the ACSC mentioned malware is downloaded and set up on users’ desktops.

The agency has also received stories of criminals calling individuals, using a spoofed Australian cellphone quantity.

Again, the scammers claim to be from ACSC and ask for victims to down load remote obtain applications (RATs) these as TeamViewer and AnyDesk to enable resolve alleged malware problems.

If people operate the RAT on their products, the scammers ask them to open a world-wide-web browser and obtain their on-line banking companies, to expose sensitive fiscal information and facts.

ACSC advises people receiving the fraudulent calls to dangle up, and get hold of the agency on 1300 CYBER one (1300 292 371) for support.

Individuals who have received the phishing emails can use the ACSC ReportCyber support as properly.

The ACSC did not say how several stories it has received about the scammers.