Threat actors have been targeting Facebook Business accounts with a new PHP version of the Ducktail infostealing malware, which is being delivered through cracked app and game installers, The Hacker News reports.
While both PHP and .Netcore variants of the Ducktail malware similarly exfiltrate sensitive data, including Facebook account details and browser credentials, the updated variant, first identified in August, leverages connections to a newly hosted website for data storage purposes rather than using Telegram as a command-and-control channel, a report from Zscaler revealed.
Ducktail has been observed to be embedded in ZIP archive files spoofing cracked Microsoft Office, games, and porn-related files on file-sharing services, and installer execution prompts PHP script activation for data exfiltration.
Researchers also found that regular Facebook users are also being targeted in the new Ducktail campaign.
"It seems that the threat actors behind the Ducktail stealer campaign are continuously making changes or enhancement in the delivery mechanisms and approach to steal a wide variety of sensitive user and system information targeting users at large," added researchers.
Numerous fraudulent websites masquerading as legitimate software, including ChatGPT, Gimp, AstraChat, and Go To Meeting, have been used in a new RomCom malware campaign by Cuba ransomware affiliate Void Rabisu, also known as Tropical Scorpius, from December 2022 to April 2023, which was mostly targeted at Eastern Europe, according to BleepingComputer.
Numerous web browsers and cryptocurrency wallets on Windows systems are being targeted by the new Bandit Stealer information-stealing malware, which could also evade Windows Defender, and be used to facilitate data breaches, account takeovers, identity theft, and credential stuffing attacks, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
More threat actors have been leveraging the AceCryptor malware to facilitate malware distribution, recording more than 240,000 detections from 2021 to 2022, The Hacker News reports.