Hearthstone, Shadowverse, and EternalCCG garnered praise for their mechanics and fun design, and are still going strong today. RELATED: Magic: The Gathering Bans Powerful Creature in Standard With the advent of MTG: Arena, Magic: The Gathering has likewise become a digital CCG trend, but there was another, Hex: Shards of Fate. Hex was originally launched on Kickstarter, and its vision caught a lot of eyes. It billed itself as an MMOTCG, the first of its kind. The game was supposed to have a distinct PVE world that players would be able to tackle on their own in addition to a robust PVP system. The PVE was envisioned to have raids, guilds, and a story that would continue to update without end, similar to World of Warcraft (although Shadowlands calls that into question). However, things didn't exactly turn out that way. Buit for FunĪt first, things started very strong for Hex. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.It became the 11th most backed game on Kickstarter in 2013, with tons of people backing at the highest level. Organizations with effective spam filtering, proper system administration and up-to-date Windows hosts have a much lower risk of infection.” It’s also surprising that the malware author would risk criminal prosecution for what must surely be a small amount of profit, given the apparently small customer base. It’s surprising that customers trust their “victims” to the potential control of the malware author, who no doubt could in turn usurp them, stealing the victim “bots” or replacing customers’ wallets with one of ComplexCodes’ own at any time. “The ease of detection and blocking of the C2 as a service works against the Italian malware author ComplexCodes. WeControl is similarly both designed and marketed as a tool for illicit activity, lacking in propriety no less than the earlier WeSteal.” concludes the report. “The fast and simple monetization chain and anonymity of cryptocurrency theft, together with the low cost and simplicity of operation, will undoubtedly make this type of crimeware attractive and popular to less-skilled thieves. WeSteal is distributed as a Python-based Trojan (“westeal.py”), its author used the open-source PyArmor source code obfuscator. The author of WeSteal also offer C2s as a service (C2aaS), experts observed the use of two domains, one of which also hosts the website used to sell the malware. The author of the malware also added the capability to steal Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Monero cryptocurrencies.ĭespite WeSteal is advertised as implementing a “RAT Panel,” experts did not find RAT feature in their analysis. The author of the malware also claims that the malicious code uses zero-day exploits, it is able to steal Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) coming in and out of a victim’s wallet through the clipboard. Then there is the website, “WeSupply,” owned by a co-conspirator, proudly stating “WeSupply – You profit””Īn advertisement for WeSteal claims that it has a zero-rate detection, it includes a “Victim tracker panel” that allows operators to track “Infections.” “There is no such pretense by ComplexCodes with WeSteal. They will often describe potential “legitimate” uses for their malware – only to further describe anti-malware evasion properties, silent installation and operation or features such as cryptocurrency mining, password theft or disabling webcam lights.” reads the post published by Palo Alto Networks. Many authors will hide behind meaningless Terms of Service statements that end users must not use the malware for illegitimate purposes. “When pursuing cases against malware authors, prosecutors typically need to demonstrate the author’s intent for the malware. The researchers believe that the coder is an Italian vixer that previously created the “Zodiac Crypto Stealer” and “Spartan Crypter” for obfuscating malware to avoid antivirus detection. Experts pointed out that ComplexCodes had been selling a “WeSupply Crypto Stealer” since May 2020., and WeSteal is likely simply an evolution of the WeSupply Crypto Stealer project. According to Palo Alto Networks, the author of WeSteal, that goes online as “ComplexCodes,” started advertising the cryptocurrency stealer on underground forums in mid-February 2021.
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