The abuse of VLC Media Player, a widely used legitimate tool, is another key feature of this attack. As well, there is no evidence to suggest a possible link between the two campaigns, as dummy content for SEO poisoning might have been hosted prior to the attack on the Australian healthcare organizations. Although the recent campaign might remind us of this incident, the technique the malicious actors used in the initial access to the insurance company's attack was not disclosed in its official website report. In October 2022, a private health insurance company in Australia reported a cyberattack resulting in a breach of approximately 9.7 million customer data. While continuously targeting the legal sector with the keyword 'agreement,' Gootkit loader has recently expanded its assaults to the healthcare industry. Also targeted were names of specific healthcare providers across Australia.

The samples we examined targeted the keywords “hospital”, “health”, “medical”, and “enterprise agreement”, paired with Australian city names. Use of SEO poisoning targeting the Australian healthcare industry

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