Nigerian Spammers From the 90s Have Moved on to Keyloggers and RATs

"The Nigerian Spammers From the 90s Have Moved on to Keyloggers and RATs

...According to MalwareHunter, who spoke with Bleeping Computer in a Twitter conversation, most of these attacks are carried out by groups of hackers based in Nigeria. MalwareHunter puts the number at "about 65-70%" of all the campaigns they find...

Basically, the proliferation of hacking tools in recent years has helped previously unskilled spammers to elevate their "hacking" game to new heights of complexity and efficiency.

Kaspersky and MalwareHunter list these tools as common amongst these groups: ZeuS, Pony (FareIT), LokiBot, Luminosity RAT, NetWire RAT, HawkEye, ISR Stealer, iSpy keylogger, NanoCore, and Agent Tesla...
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...the-90s-have-moved-on-to-keyloggers-and-rats/