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Indian Users Targeted in Tax Phishing Campaign Delivering Blackmoon Malware

Researchers at eSentire have uncovered a tax‑phishing campaign targeting Indian users by masquerading as the Income Tax Department. The campaign delivers a multi‑stage backdoor that first sideloads a malicious DLL, then escalates privileges and installs a Blackmoon trojan variant alongside a repurposed SyncFuture TSM tool. The payload evades Avast antivirus, adds itself to exclusion lists, and establishes persistent remote monitoring capabilities. No public attribution has been made, but the operation shows a sophisticated blend of espionage techniques and legitimate‑software abuse.