Threats Tagged 'danabot'

ESET Research contributed to a global disruption operation targeting the Amadey botnet and Stealc infostealer, both malware-as-a-service offerings. The operation, coordinated by Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, BitSight, Lumen, and MBSD, impacted approximately 50 domains and nearly 200 active IP-based command and control servers. ESET provided technical analyses, statistical information, C&C server lists, encryption keys, campaign identifiers, and affiliate-level insights gathered from three years of tracking. Both malware families operate through affiliate networks where operators deploy their own infrastructure, making disruption efforts particularly challenging. Amadey primarily functions as a modular loader distributing additional payloads, while Stealc focuses on credential theft from browsers, crypto wallets, and applications. The largest Amadey botnet cluster accounted for 34% of all samples and distributed an average of 14 payloads per victim, operating a pay-per-install model that monetized compromi...

A multinational law enforcement operation called Operation Endgame has successfully disrupted SocGholish, a malware framework operated by threat actor TA569 since 2017. The operation took down 106 servers and domains and remediated nearly 15,000 compromised WordPress websites. SocGholish uses fake browser update prompts on compromised websites to trick victims into downloading malicious JScript payloads, providing initial access to corporate networks for ransomware deployment and data breaches. Analysis revealed that 55% of Infoblox cloud customers were exposed to SocGholish in 2026, demonstrating widespread impact across multiple industries including government, education, and healthcare. The framework employs domain shadowing techniques and operates through a four-stage attack chain involving traffic acquisition, filtering, fake update lures, and on-device implant execution. SocGholish infrastructure has facilitated access for various ransomware families and has been extensively used by the notorious Evi...