Fake pirated software hides dropper-as-a-service

Researchers at SophosLabs have uncovered malware being distributed by a network of websites acting as a 'dropper as a service', serving up a variety of other nasty packages. These droppers for hire are delivering bundles of malicious and unwanted content to targets looking for cracked versions of popular business and consumer applications. The bait sites link to tracker servers, which redirect the victim's browser based on location, browser and OS. Only victims with the 'right' combination are sent to the malicious download site. Victims can be hit with info-stealers like Raccoon Stealer and Crypto Bot, backdoors like Glupteba, crypto-miners, plugins… [Continue Reading]