Hacker group announces suspension of activity as 'developer died in invasion of Ukraine'
It turns out that the cybercriminal organization that developed and sold the password-stealing malware '
Racoon Stealer malware suspends operations due to war in Ukraine
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/racoon-stealer-malware-suspends-operations-due-to-war-in-ukraine/
Raccoon Stealer is a Trojan horse malware distributed as MaaS (Malware as a Service) on the dark web. Threat actors who subscribe to the service for $ 75 a week or $ 200 a month can customize the malware or retrieve data stolen by the malware by accessing the service's management panel. I heard that I was able to do it.
Raccoon Stealer can use this malware to steal a wide variety of information from victims' devices, including browser credentials, virtual currency wallets, credit card information, email data, and data from many other apps. It was a very popular malware among threat actors.
The Raccoon Stealer was reported by Ukraine-based programmer and malware analyst 3xp0rt on March 25, 2022, as a result of the invasion of Ukraine.
#Raccoon #Stealer closes selling due to the war in Ukraine for several months. Pic.twitter.com/GMzKoJPyUv
— 3xp0rt (@ 3xp0rtblog) March 25, 2022
In the announcement on the bulletin board used in the Russian-speaking world, the cybercriminal organization that developed and operated Raccoon Stealer said, 'Dear customers. Unfortunately, because of' special operations ', our project' Raccoon Stealer ' Has been forced to shut down because important members of the product's operations are no longer with us. '' We have lost friends and great developers. ' According to Bleeping Computer, an IT news site that took up the matter, this suggests that a core member of Raccoon Stealer died in the invasion of Ukraine.
Raccoon Stealer plans to restructure and resume operations in the coming months. There is also an ongoing transition to similar malware. In a bulletin board other than the above, the cybercriminal organization 'Mars Team', which is developing the malware 'Mars Stealer', has been flooded with applications since Raccoon Stealer announced the suspension of operations, and responded. Revealed that it is getting harder.
According to Bleeping Computer, Ukraine has an active community of cybercriminals residing in Ukraine and is openly involved in this invasion of Ukraine. Most of them support the Russian government and attack Ukraine, but on the contrary, some are targeting Russia.
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