BrandPost: Security Threat Researchers Uncover “Dropper-as-a-Service Platforms”

BrandPost: Security Threat Researchers Uncover “Dropper-as-a-Service Platforms”

Lucky for cyber criminals, but not so lucky for enterprise security pros: There’s a quick and easy way to get started in cybercrime known as dropper-as-a-service (DaaS).

Sophos researchers recently uncovered evidence of a malware campaign using a network of websites acting as a “dropper as a service” to distribute the malware. The malware includes an assortment of click-fraud bots, other information stealers, and even ransomware, and often bundle multiple unrelated malware together in a single dropper.

Sophos Senior Threat Researcher Sean Gallagher says his team found the offerings on a group of blogs, mostly hosted on WordPress, maintained by a criminal group and using them to post links to malware downloads.

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