Coronavirus map used to spread malware

mood · Mar 9, 2020

Coronavirus map used to spread malware
March 9, 2020
https://www.grahamcluley.com/coronavirus-map-used-to-spread-malware/

With concern about the Covid-19 Coronavirus reaching fever pitch in many countries, many people may be keen to find information online about whether there is an outbreak in their country, and how it compares to the rest of the world.
Well, be careful about which websites you trust.

Security researchers at Malwarebytes say that they have found malicious code hiding behind a website that claimed to show an up-to-date global heatmap of Coronavirus reports.
Malwarebytes is identifying the malicious code, which skims for passwords and payment card details, as a variant of the AzorUlt spyware.

The malicious site appears to have copied the look-and-feel of a legitimate Coronavirus map from Johns Hopkins University.
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Malwarebytes:

UPDATE 03/05/2020: Yesterday, our malware intelligence researchers found a clever ploy to hide a credential and payment card skimmer behind a website that purported to show updated coronavirus cases on a global map.

Malwarebytes detected the malware which carried the ominous and maybe-too-obvious name “corona.exe.” Upon further analysis, we learned that this malware was actually just a variant of AzorUlt, a family of spyware that steals information and sometimes downloads additional malware. Though we initially named the threat “Trojan.Corona,” we have now updated the name to “Spyware.AzorUlt.”

Unlike similar coronavirus scams we discovered last month, this threat does not rely on an email campaign.
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Coronavirus map used to spread malware

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