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Hacker infects 18,000 "script kiddies" with fake malware builder

A threat actor targeted low-skilled hackers, known as "script kiddies," with a fake malware builder that secretly infected them with a backdoor to steal data and take over computers. Security researchers at CloudSEK report that the malware infected 18,459 devices globally, most located in Russia, the United States, India, Ukraine, and Turkey. "A trojanized version of the XWorm RAT builder has been weaponized and propagated," reads the CloudSEK report. "It is targeted specially towards script kid...

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