Re:A walkthrough the AcridRain password stealer
by pietroglyph on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @02:56AM
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The article says that there's a web interface (on the open internet) where you can register and login. This interface allows you to download a build of the malware (with your customer ID embedded in the binary, presumably). The malware sends the stolen data to the server, with the customer ID, and it shows up on that customer's dashboard for them to download. The article doesn't say how payment works, but it's a safe bet to say that they take cryptocurrency. It all seems quite seamless, which makes me wonder how many customers they have, and how popular it is to set up shop stealing information with other people's software.
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Re:A walkthrough the AcridRain password stealer
by laurencei on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @03:01AM
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...sounds like a "SaaS for Malware"? Turn key hosted malware?
Re:A walkthrough the AcridRain password stealer
by DarkStar851 on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @09:58AM
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More common than you think, a lot of RAT malware uses an online panel too. Often self-hosted but I've seen a few solutions that host it for you.
I remember some sellers were offering turnkey modified ZeuS back in the day.