US election workers slammed with phishing, malware-stuffed emails
against state and county workers as the November midterm elections draw closer.
According to Trellix, miscreants crafted and sent out phony password expiration alerts to trick election workers into clicking on a malicious link that took them to a website masquerading as an account administration page. Once they're on the bogus webpage, election workers are prompted to enter their work usernames and passwords and then change their passwords, if they want.
The login name and passwords could also be used to"identify other officials via organizational contact lists and use them to target individuals who might have higher level access to more critical election and voting tabulation processes." Because the email appears to come from a trusted source, the election worker will be more likely to click on a malicious link or download a malware-laden file. Or at least this is the intended outcome.
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