Cross-platform ElectroRAT malware drains cryptocurrency wallets

guest · Jan 5, 2021

Cross-platform ElectroRAT malware drains cryptocurrency wallets
January 5, 2021
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...trorat-malware-drains-cryptocurrency-wallets/

Security researchers have discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) used to empty the cryptocurrency wallets of thousands of Windows, Linux, and macOS users.

Named ElectroRAT after being discovered in December, the cross-platform RAT malware is written in Golang and it was used as part of a campaign that has been targeting cryptocurrency users since the start of 2020.
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Thousands infected within a year
The attackers behind the ElectroRAT operation created and injected their RAT into custom Electron applications made to look and behave like cryptocurrency trade management tools (Jamm and eTrade) and as a cryptocurrency poker app (DaoPoker).

To lure potential victims, the threat actors promoted the trojanized apps on social media (Twitter and Telegram) and on dedicated online forums (bitcointalk and SteemCoinPan) according to an Intezer report shared with BleepingComputer earlier this week.

"The trojanized application and the ElectroRAT binaries are either low detected or completely undetected in VirusTotal at the time of this writing," Intezer says.
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Intezer: Operation ElectroRAT: Attacker Creates Fake Companies to Drain Your Crypto Wallets

In December, we discovered a wide-ranging operation targeting cryptocurrency users, estimated to have initiated in January 2020.

The campaign includes: Domain registrations, websites, trojanized applications, fake social media accounts and a new undetected RAT that we have named ElectroRAT. ElectroRAT is written in Golang and compiled to target multiple operating systems: Windows, Linux and MacOS.
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