Betabot - An Example of Cheap Modern Malware Sophistication

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What appears to be a new campaign delivering the Betabot malware has been detected by security researchers. It doesn't look as if this campaign is directly related to the wide-ranging campaign disclosed by Kaspersky Lab in August. However, like the Kaspersky campaign, this one also uses phishing as the original point of infection.

"The campaign doesn't seem directly related to the Kaspersky report," Assaf Dahan, senior director, threat hunting at Cybereason's Nocturnus Research told SecurityWeek. "The TTPs are quite different. The campaign discussed in our report seems less targeted, and originates from generic phishing emails." 

Cybereason does not know who is behind the new campaign. "Since Betabot's source code and old builders are available online in hacking forums (or new ones sold rather cheaply ~200$), it is hard to estimate who is behind it," added Dahan.

Source: https://www.securityweek.com/betabot-exa...istication