Various Types of Threats Disguised as Software Download Being Distributed

From malware.news

CryptBot malware is the one that is usually distributed from such malicious websites, but other types are occasionally distributed as well. This post will discuss other malware programs of the same type besides CryptBot.

As mentioned in previous posts, the malware is distributed from malicious webpages exposed on the top search page when users search illegal keywords such as crack, serial, keygen, and license of commercial software.

The following shows examples of such malicious websites. It looks like the users can download normal tools, but what they actually download are compressed files that have malware. Check the post below for more details.

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