Hackers target major financial institutions in French-speaking African countries over the last two years
New Delhi, September 6, 2022 – Check Point Research (CPR) reveals a persistent cyberattack campaign targeting major financial institutions in French-speaking African countries for the past two years. Dubbed ‘DangerousSavana’, the attackers use spear-phishing techniques to initiate infection chains, sending malicious attachment emails in French to employees in Ivory Coast, Morocco, Cameroon, Senegal, and Togo. Diverse file types, such as PDF, Word, ZIP and ISO files, are used to lure victims. CPR suspects the hackers are financially motivated and warns of their persistence, diversification and iterative nature. Hackers used lookalike domains, impersonating other financial institutions in Africa such as the Tunisian…