CYBERSECURITY RESEARCHERS DISCOVER A NEW MALWARE ON THE DARK WEB

By RC Porte

Cybersecurity Researchers Discovered a New Malware on the Dark Web

A new malicious software, known

as Nuke, was discovered around

mid-December by researchers

working for cybersecurity firm Sixgill.

The malicious software has a

feature known as “bot killer,”

which removes all other malicious

software on your machine to

remain as the only one.

It can also bypass Windows

Firewall executions and User

Account Control, as well as inject

code through the Firefox or

Chrome browsers.

It was discovered on a popular

Russian/English message board.

Gosya, an alleged cyber-criminal,

is selling this malware on the

dark web at a low price of $4,000.

Although researchers noted there

were members of the

Russian/English message board

whose interest was aroused by

the malware, it is not clear if there

are interested buyers or if it has

already been bought.

Researchers at Sixgill are still

trying to get more information and

they relate this to their customers

and also law enforcement.

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