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"Dark Utilities" MaaS/RaaS service draws thousands of cyber criminals

»www.theregister.com/2022 ··· service/
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A platform that makes it easier for cyber criminals to establish command-and-control (C2) servers has already attracted 3,000 users since launching earlier this year, and will likely expand its client list in the coming months. Called Dark Utilities, the service provides a full range of C2 capabilities to give attackers an easier and inexpensive platform for launching remote access, command execution, cryptocurrency mining, and distributed denial-of-services (DDoS) attacks. The operators of the service also provide technical support and help for platform users via communities created on the Discord and Telegram messaging apps. Dark Utilities is the latest example of malware-as-a-service (MaaS) and ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) that diversify cyber criminals' revenue by letting them profit from less-skilled programmers on top of their own exploits. It also echoes other trends including the rise of initial access brokers, who compromise systems and then sell that access to others who use it to launch attacks. C2 servers act as the hub for cyber criminals during attacks, enabling them to manage their malware by sending commands and payloads and receiving data that is exfiltrated from infected systems. Through Dark Utilities, adversaries get a platform that supports payloads for Windows, Linux, and Python-based attacks without having to create channels to a C2 server.
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