Threats Tagged 'clipbanker'

WatchGuard Threat Lab identified an active malware-as-a-service campaign leveraging ErrTraffic framework to distribute multiple threats through compromised WordPress websites. The operation employs ClickFix social engineering techniques and EtherHiding, which uses Polygon blockchain smart contracts to conceal command-and-control infrastructure dynamically. The campaign delivers various threats including Vidar infostealer, Okobot, LegionLoader, OnionDrop-related payloads, and BabaDedaLoader through multiple delivery methods such as DLL side-loading, process injection, and reflective loaders. Attackers exploit legitimate Windows binaries as LOLBINs, perform anti-analysis checks, create remote threads in browsers to bypass security features like Chrome's Application-Bound Encryption, and utilize various evasion techniques including code virtualization and RunPE. The framework is advertised by user LenAI on cybercrime forums and incorporates a Traffic Distribution System enabling affiliates to monetize victims...

Proxifiers are speciaized software designed to tunnel traffic for programs that do not natively support proxy servers. They are a go-to for making sure these apps are functional within secured development environments. By coincidence, Proxifier is also a name for a proprietary proxifier developed by VentoByte, which is distributed under a paid license. If you search for Proxifier (or a proxifier), one of the top results in popular search engines is a link to a GitHub repository. That’s exactly where the source of the primary infection lives.

The Efimer Trojan is spreading through compromised WordPress sites, malicious torrents, and email campaigns impersonating lawyers. It steals cryptocurrency by replacing wallet addresses in the clipboard and can execute additional malicious scripts. The Trojan communicates with its command-and-control server via the Tor network. It has additional capabilities to brute-force WordPress sites and harvest email addresses for further distribution. The malware primarily targeted users in Brazil, India, Spain, Russia, Italy, and Germany between October 2024 and July 2025, affecting over 5,000 Kaspersky users.

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