Users searching for pirated software are the target of a new malware campaign that delivers a previously undocumented clipper malware called MassJacker, according to findings from CyberArk.
Clipper malware is a type of cryware (as coined by Microsoft) that’s designed to monitor a victim’s clipboard content and facilitate cryptocurrency theft by substituting copied cryptocurrency wallet addresses with an attacker-controlled one so as to reroute them to the adversary instead of the intended target.
“The infection chain begins at a site called pesktop[.]com,” security researcher Ari Novick said in an analysis published earlier this week. “This site, which presents itself as a site to get pirated software, also tries to get people to download all sorts of malware.”
The initial executable acts as a conduit to run a PowerShell script that delivers a botnet malware named
