Hackers use YouTube channels to deliver malware due to the huge user base of the platform.
By using YouTube channels, hackers disguise their malicious content as:-.
The popularity of YouTube also gives the threat actors the ability to evade general security measures.
By using legitimate-looking channels, threat actors exploit users' trust in the platform to facilitate the widespread distribution of malware.
As the cybersecurity researchers at Fortinet recently discovered, hackers are actively using YouTube channels to deliver Lumma malware, which is a C-language malware.
Compounding the problem are zero-day vulnerabilities like the MOVEit SQLi, Zimbra XSS, and 300+ such vulnerabilities that get discovered each month.
The fake YouTube videos that the threat actors create are disguised with cracked app content using:-.
To dodge the web filters, threat actors also leverage the following platforms but without using their servers:-.
On the file-sharing platforms, the threat actors keep updating their malicious files to evade the security measures and trick users into downloading the malware in the form of a ZIP file that is dubbed-.
The following two repositories also include the NET loaders and do the same things:-.
The obfuscated PowerShell script which is based on the system environment is loaded by the private.
For discreet execution, it does the following things:-.
The script assesses system data to retrieve encrypted data and obfuscates it with irrelevant code.
PerkyRiggal is a crucial system inspector that decodes Lumma Stealer's ultimate payload in Resources through PNG files using the 'BygoLarchen' for string encoding.
This helps in evading detection, and not only that; it even enforces the following things by checking various factors:-.
It decrypts resources and triggers 'SuspendThread' to transition the thread, which helps inject the payload. The Lumma Stealer evades detection with obfuscation and does the following things:-.
Cybersecurity researchers strongly recommended the following recommendations:-.
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This Cyber News was published on gbhackers.com. Publication date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 07:43:05 +0000