Cyber security researchers have unraveled a new malware framework known as PS1Bot.
What's dangerous about it is that it is a multi-stage malware, and it's capability for information theft, keylogging, reconnaissance, and the establishment of persistent system access.
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Wow, this PS1Bot has been active since the beginning of this year, and I'd never heard about it!
From what I've seen, its operates almost entirely in memory without leaving much evidence of contamination with traces in hard drive. This makes it much harder for the most traditional antivirus programs detectd it.
But whats most frightening about how it operates is that, in addition to its classic e-logging and screenshot capabilities, it can also collect information about the antivirus programs installed on the machine, then "camouflage" itself and adjust your actions to know what to do and what not to avoid detection. Absurd!!!
This isn't something developed by just any hacker, especially since it has received updated and adapted versions to continue hiding as antivirus programs try to create vaccines and protections against it.
As always... the best thing to protect your self by being very cautious about suspicious activity on the web and whenever possible, always use a hardware wallet or even a dedicated device just for handling financial and crypto transactions.
