Racoon Malware, compromised crypto and Bitcoin Wallets
It seems that the owners of crypto-steel currencies in addition to crooks and crypto-thief to a further threat on the Radar. Is a Raccoon (in English: Wäschbär) -Malware, and could be more annoying than the animal Equivalent, that the gardens ravaged, and car cable biting down on.
According to the technical news site ZDNet Raccoon for cyber criminals due to its wide-ranging capabilities becoming more and more popular. It is not the cheapest Option available to hackers available, but it gives you the ability to attack up to 60 applications – including a wide selection of browsers. “Every Browser you can think of, is a target of the popular Malware,” writes the site. The Raccoon-“Infostealer” is particularly adept at stealing data from infected devices. He won thanks to his following in the underground communities where it is marketed due to its easy-to-use Backends, and his wide range of skills in a large scale, the grip on the ground.
Malware of Raccoon costs $ 200 a month, but you can discard for their buyers a much larger profit. In addition, it is sophisticated in terms of Malware, incredible and offers a subscription model with technical Support, Updates and bug fixes. This makes it a “worthwhile investment” for bad actors of all Stripes. The cyber security analysts of Cyberark found that the Malware Raccoon used in contrast to the most common information theft patent. learning a variety of techniques for information theft. The C++Malware can steal data from at least 35 different browsers.
Raccoon will be his Victims, usually through Phishing campaigns and fraudulent E-mail messages with attached MS Office documents that contain malicious Code, the course. It can also spread via so-called “Exploit Kits” on your computer. Here, you will be based on all of the browser vulnerabilities and a Website redirected to the Exploit Kit is waiting.
In addition to credit cards and crypto – Wallet information to the Racoon Infostealer (also known as “Mohazo” or “Racealer” known to) steal login information and browser information (such as Cookies, history, and Autofill) of almost 60 applications. To use it to grab cyber criminals to a control center on the gate to launch attacks against their preferred targets. It chooses its targets, by creating a profile of the computer of the user, if they click on malicious Websites or the content of the questionable E-Mails download. Then Racoon can use the computer of the user, to install the System.
Not only your data but also your crypto are at risk currencies
While Raccoon Online access to your financial data and can steal information, it is really scary. It’s your device can scan to PC-data, such as operating system versions and applications installed, including wallets with crypto-currency, and browser information is automatically filled-in passwords, and history logs. Among the objectives of the Raccoon-Malware Firefox, Microsft Edge, and Google Chrome. Also, the privacy-oriented Browser, such as Opera, offer no real advantage. Raccoon-Malware also works on many of them.
The “raccoon-Malware” is also programmed in such a way that it is intended to be popular cryptocurrency Wallets such as Exodus, Jaxx, Electrum, Ethereum and Bither. It scans folders for your Application in order to steal your login information. The new threats in the Form of a Raccoon-Malware makes it practically easy for anyone in the cyber crime to enter, and for little money. Unfortunately, Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) is really an existing business model. As always, the best way is, to his crypto the use of Hardware Wallets or Paper Wallets currencies safe. It is also important to change the passwords regularly and use different passwords for different Websites and Online services.
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