New BIOPASS malware live streams victim's computer screen

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    "Hackers compromised gambling sites to deliver a new remote access trojan (RAT) called BIOPASS that enables watching the victim’s computer screen in real time by abusing popular live-streaming software.

    Apart from the unusual feature, which comes on top of the regular functions seen in RATs, the malware can also steal private data from web browsers and instant messaging applications...

    There is no definite attribution on who is behind BIOPASS RAT but Trend Micro found links pointing to the Chinese Winnti hacker group, also known as APT41..."

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...malware-live-streams-victims-computer-screen/
     
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