njRAT Trojanizes Hacking Tools in Widespread Campaign to Conduct DDoS Attacks and Steal Sensitive Data

From cyware.com

njRAT Trojanizes Hacking Tools in Widespread Campaign to Conduct DDoS Attacks and Steal Sensitive Data
  • Researchers claim that new iterations of the malware are being published on an almost daily basis.
  • To date, the security researchers from Cybereason Nocturnus have tracked down more than 1000 njRAT samples that go back for years.

Researchers are investigating a widespread campaign wherein attackers are trojanizing multiple hacking tools with njRAT. The ultimate goal of the campaign is to gain access to victims’ machines that can be used later for anything from conducting DDoS attacks to stealing sensitive data. The origin of this campaign is not known yet, however, the campaign has been reportedly going on for several years targeting hackers with infected tools.

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