ESET researchers have discovered an unknown trojan malware family that spreads via malicious torrents and uses multiple methods tobreak from her victims as much cryptocurrency as possible while remaining undetected.
ESET named the threat KryptoCibule and, according to the telemetry , the malware appears to be primarily targeting users in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
This particular malware is a triple threat to cryptocurrencies. Uses victim's resources to mine coins, attempts to hack transactions by replacing addresses wallet clipboard, extracts cryptocurrency-related files, while deploying multiple techniques to remain undetected. KryptoCibule makes extensive use of the Tor network and the BitTorrent protocol in its communication infrastructure.
ESET has identified several versions of KryptoCibule, allowing us to study its evolution from December 2018 until today. Malware remains active, new features were added during its lifetime and is constantly evolving.
Most of the victims are located in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and this reflects the user base of the site where the infected torrents are located. Almost all of the malicious torrents were available on uloz.to, a popular file-sharing site in the two countries. Additionally, KryptoCibule checks specifically for presence productof ESET, Avast and AVG security. ESET is based in Slovakia, while the rest are owned by Avast, which is based in the Czech Republic.
More technical details about KryptoCibule, you can read the relevant blogpost “KryptoCibule: The multitasking multicurrency cryptostealer”At WeLiveSecurity.
