A threat actor is abusing an employee monitoring application and a remote monitoring and management platform in an attempt to deploy ransomware and steal cryptocurrency. According to researchers at Huntress, the unknown threat actor is leveraging NetworkLookout’s Net Monitor for Employees Professional – which, despite its name, includes remote access tools – and SimpleHelp, a suite of tools commonly used by IT teams and managed service providers for remote monitoring and management. These applications might already be in use in an IT environment, or are downloaded by the attacker once they get network access. In one case, the attack chain culminated in an attempted deployment of Crazy ransom...