DirtyMoe malware has infected more than 100,000 Windows systems

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DirtyMoe malware has infected more than 100,000 Windows systems
June 22, 2021
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A Windows malware botnet believed to be operated out of China has exploded this year, growing from 10,000 infected systems in 2020 to more than 100,000 in the first half of 2021, cyber-security firm Avast reported last week.

Known under different names, such as DirtyMoe, PurpleFox, Perkiler, and NuggetPhantom, the malware has been around since late 2017.
Its primary purpose has been (and still is) to infect Windows systems and secretly mine cryptocurrency behind the user’s back, although a feature to launch DDoS attacks was also spotted back in 2018.
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This rootkit, known under different names such as DirtyMoe, PurpleFox, Perkiler, and NuggetPhantom, was known to the cyber-security industry but was only seen as an interesting marginal threat.

Things radically changed towards the end of 2021 when the DirtyMoe gang pushed an update to its operation and added a worm module that could allow the malware to spread via the internet to other Windows systems.
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With this threat continuing to expand, Avast has compiled a report on the malware’s evolution and operations, along with indicators of compromise (IOCs) that defenders could use to scan their networks for DirtyMoe/PurpleFox infections.
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Avast: DirtyMoe: Introduction and General Overview of Modularized Malware

DirtyMoe is a complex malware that has been designed as a modular system. PurpleFox is one of the most used exploit kits for DirtyMoe deployment. DirtyMoe can execute arbitrary functionality based on a loaded MOE object such as DDoS, etc., meaning that it can basically do anything. In the meantime, the malware aims at crypto-mining.

This article summarizes the DirtyMoe malware in point of high-level overview. We described deploying, installation, purpose, communication, self-protecting, and statistics of DirtyMoe in general
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