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10/07/2020

New Attack Abused Windows Error Reporting Service to Evade Detection

The State of Security

Security researchers came across a new attack that abused the Windows Error Reporting (WER) service in order to evade detection.

Malwarebytes observed that the attack began with a .ZIP file containing “Compensation manual.doc.”

The security firm reasoned that those responsible for this attack had likely used spear-phishing emails to distribute the document, a file which pretended to contain information about workers’ rights.

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