Adversaries utilizing popular messaging apps throughout different attack phases is nothing new. Telegram, in particular, has constantly been the subject of abuse by multiple threat actors, favoured for its anonymity, accessibility, resilience, and operational advantages. In this blog, we explore popular Telegram Bot APIs, recent campaigns involving Telegram abuse, and provide detection and hunting opportunities.
Tag: telegram
Phish, Phished, Phisher: A Quick Peek Inside a Telegram Harvester
In one of the smaller campaigns we monitored last month (September 2021), the threat actor inadvertently exposed Telegram credentials to their harvester. This opportunity provided us some insight into their operations; a peek behind the curtains we wanted to share.


