A new tool used by cybercriminals to spread malware through Torrent files

[SergeyGor]

InfoArmor has discovered the RAUM tool in criminal forums, it is a special tool to distribute malware by packaging it with popular torrent files.

InfoArmor has identified a special tool used by cybercriminals to distribute malware by packaging it with the most popular torrent files on the Internet. The bad actors have analyzed trends on video, audio, software and other digital content downloads from around the globe and have created seeds on famous torrent trackers using weaponized torrents packaged with malicious code. Read more here: http://wp.me/p5IMg3-2Ao

 

[Bardock]

another reason I haven't used torrents in over 10 years. Sounds bad.

 

[John Connor]

So a definition should be able to be created, right? I wonder if you could unpack the .exe with UniExtract, find the malware, delete it and repack your stolen .exe crap?

+1 for VooDoo Shield.

Now I gots to know! I need to find a malware packed file and try my experiment. For educational purposes. Then perhaps a program could be created to auto-remove the malware.