Operation ShadowRecruit: A Recruitment-Themed Malware Campaign Leveraging ControlR and Google Sheets to Target Indian Job Seekers

Reported 14 Jul 2026 by otx · Severity: medium

A sophisticated cyber campaign targets Indian government job seekers using fake recruitment advertisements for Senior Field Officer positions in the Cabinet Secretariat. The attack chain begins with a malicious ZIP archive containing a disguised LNK file, PowerShell script, and .