CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
A sophisticated information stealer dubbed BlackGuard is gaining the attention of the cybercrime community. The malware is advertised for sale on multiple Russian hacking forums with a lifetime price of $700 or a subscription of $200 per month.
This low value and ease of access may permit a thrifty menace actor to loot hundreds of cryptocurrency wallets, financial institution accounts, and much with little to no work, researchers at Zscaler who spotted and analyzed the malware explained.
The malware was first spotted on Russian-language hack forums in January 2022, but then it was distributed privately and was at the testing stage. As with all modern information-stealers, BlackGuard exfiltrates information from almost any application that processes sensitive user data, with a focus on crypto assets. In an infected system, BlackGuard looks for the following applications to steal user data from them:
- Web browsers: Passwords, cookies, autofill, and history from Chrome, Opera, Firefox, MapleStudio, Iridium, 7Star, CentBrowser, Chedot, Vivaldi, Kometa, Elements Browser, Epic Privacy Browser, uCozMedia, Coowon, liebao, QIP Surf, Orbitum, Comodo.
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