It’s Hackers Vs Hackers.
A new malware campaign is circulating on the web where the prime targets are hackers. It seems rather odd that hackers are targeting people from their own community. The infected versions of hacking tools are posted on different hacking forums to target other hackers.
According to the findings of Amit Serper from Cybereason, hackers have repackaged already popular hacking tools and infected other hackers with malware. Some of the tools can exploit databases to exfiltrate data and inject remote access Trojan (RAT) using product key generators and cracks that are used to unlock full versions from trial versions.
The company’s blog post reveals that hackers are using a powerful Trojan called njRat to infect the hacking tools so as to get complete access to the target’s computer including the stored documents, webcam, microphone, and even passwords.
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It is clear the threat actors behind this campaign are using multiple servers, some of which appear to be hacked WordPress blogs. Others appear to be the infrastructure owned by the threat group, judging by multiple hostnames, DNS data, etc., said Serper.
The njRat Trojan was discovered in 2013 and a majority of its victims were located in the Middle East. Recently, this malware is used by attackers to infect poorly secured websites to evade detection, such as, in 2017 it was u ..
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