Collaborate Disseminate
By Waqas
Both NanoCore and LokiBot are Info-stealing Trojans. Security researchers at the San Francisco-based firm Netskope have discovered a new malware campaign distributing the info-stealer malware LokiBot and NanoCore via ISO image file attachments… Continue reading New attack spreads LokiBot & NanoCore malware in ISO image files
A new malicious campaign is spreading LokiBot and NanoCore trojans under the guise of an ISO file claiming to be an invoice. Continue reading Malspam Emails Blanket LokiBot, NanoCore Malware With ISO Files
By Waqas
The developer of NanoCore RAT (remote access Trojan) has been sentenced
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Developer of NanoCore RAT that targeted Canada, US & Steam jailed
Continue reading Developer of NanoCore RAT that targeted Canada, US & Steam jailed
33 months in prison for man found guilty of aiding and abetting online criminals by creating and selling the NanoCore RAT.
Continue reading NanoCore’s author didn’t hack anyone, but he was imprisoned anyway
Continuing with the never ending series of malware laden emails is an email with the subject of Purchase Order coming from Angelika Rodriguez <zales@municipiodepaute.gob.ec>which delivers what is probably a nanocore RAT ( it matches yara sigs for that malware) What makes these slightly worse than any other infected or compromised sender is the sending … Continue reading → Continue reading Angelika Rodriguez – zales@municipiodepaute.gob.ec – Purchase Order malspam delivers nanocore RAT
“He built a piece of software. That tool was pirated and abused by hackers. Now the feds want him to pay for the computer crooks’ crimes.”
The above snippet is the subhead of a story published last month by the Daily Beast titled “FBI Arrests Hacker Who Hacked No One.” The subject of that piece — a 26-year-old American named Taylor Huddleston — faces felony hacking charges connected to two computer programs he authored and sold: An anti-piracy product called Net Seal, and a Remote Administration Tool (RAT) called NanoCore that he says was a benign program designed to help users remotely administer their computers.
The author of the Daily Beast story, former black hat hacker and Wired.com editor Kevin Poulsen, argues that Huddelston’s case “raises a novel question: When is a programmer criminally responsible for the actions of his users? Some experts say [the case] could have far reaching implications for developers, particularly those working on new technologies that criminals might adopt in unforeseeable ways.”
But a closer look at the government’s side of the story — as well as public postings left behind by the accused and his alleged accomplices — paints a more complex and nuanced picture that suggests this may not be the case to raise that legal question in a meaningful way. Continue reading Dual-Use Software Criminal Case Not So Novel
“He built a piece of software. That tool was pirated and abused by hackers. Now the feds want him to pay for the computer crooks’ crimes.”
The above snippet is the subhead of a story published last month by the Daily Beast titled “FBI Arrests Hacker Who Hacked No One.” The subject of that piece — a 26-year-old American named Taylor Huddleston — faces felony hacking charges connected to two computer programs he authored and sold: An anti-piracy product called Net Seal, and a Remote Administration Tool (RAT) called NanoCore that he says was a benign program designed to help users remotely administer their computers.
The author of the Daily Beast story, former black hat hacker and Wired.com editor Kevin Poulsen, argues that Huddelston’s case “raises a novel question: When is a programmer criminally responsible for the actions of his users? Some experts say [the case] could have far reaching implications for developers, particularly those working on new technologies that criminals might adopt in unforeseeable ways.”
But a closer look at the government’s side of the story — as well as public postings left behind by the accused and his alleged accomplices — paints a more complex and nuanced picture that suggests this may not be the case to raise that legal question in a meaningful way. Continue reading Dual-Use Software Criminal Case Not So Novel
Malicious actors are abusing a free VoIP service for gamers to distribute remote access Trojans, as well as infostealers and downloaders.Read More Continue reading Attackers use Discord VoIP chat servers to host NanoCore, njRAT, SpyRAT