平價DarkCrystal RAT惡意軟件嘅出現令專家擔心

BlackBerry研究人員分析了DarkCrystal RAT (又名DCRat) malware and its developer’s activity on the darknet.

Apparently, the malware has been active since 2019, it is the “brainchild” of a Russian-speaking developer. It is sold for as little as about $7 for two months for $60 for a lifetime license.

We also wrote that ZingoStealer malware is distributed among criminals for free.

The company’s report notes that such a low price is a rather unusual phenomenon, which gives the impression that the author of the malware, known by the nicknames boldenis44, crystalcoder and simply Koder, is not looking for profit at all, has an alternative source of funding, 或, probably, DarkCrystal is his personal project, not his main source of income.

DarkCrystal RAT惡意軟件
DarkCrystal Author Profile

Let me remind you that we also wrote that Prynt Stealer Malware Sells on the Dark Web for Only $100 每月.

DarkCrystal is written in .NET and has a modular design that can be used for a variety of tasks, including dynamic code execution, data theft, surveillance, 和 DDoS attacks.

Interestingly, the functionality can be extended with third-party plugins developed by affiliates using a dedicated DCRat Studio IDE, and subscribers are given access to a list of supported plugins.

DarkCrystal RAT惡意軟件

Once launched on the victim’s computer, the malware collects system information and transfers data such as host and user names, location data, privileges, installed security solutions, motherboard and BIOS information, and Windows versions to the command and control server.

DarkCrystal is capable of taking screenshots, intercepting keystrokes and stealing various types of data from the system, including the contents of the clipboard, cookies, passwords, browser history, bank card data, as well as Telegram, Discord, SteamFileZilla accounts.

這 “productitself includes three components: an executable for the stealer/client, a C&C interface, and an executable written in JPHP, which is a tool for the administrator. The latter is designed in such a way that a hacker can quietly activate the breaker, 噉係, an attacker can remotely make the tool unusable. It also allows subscribers to communicate with the C&C服務器, issue commands to infected endpoints, and send error reports to the malware author.

Currently, DarkCrystal RAT is hosted on crystalfiles[.]ru, where it is “moved” from dcrat[.]ru, a simple site that was used only for downloading.experts BlackBerry say.

Since a previous analysis of the malware by Mandiant experts in May 2020 traced the RAT infrastructure to files.dcrat[.]ru, the switch to crystalfiles[.]ru, according to BlackBerry experts, indicates that the malware author is responding to a public disclosure information.

Operations for the sale and advertising of malware are now carried out through Russian-language hack forums (including lolz[.]guru), and news and updates are published in Telegram.

The countdown also states that Cobalt Strike and TDS beacons called Prometheus are involved in the distribution and deployment of DarkCrystal.

黑尔加·史密斯

我一直對電腦科學感興趣, 尤其是數據安全和主題, 而家被稱為 "數據科學", 由我十幾歲開始. 在進入病毒清除團隊擔任主編之前, 我曾喺多傢公司擔任網絡安全專家, 包括亞馬遜嘅承包商之一. 另一種體驗: 我在雅頓大學同雷丁大學任教.

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