The world of hackers also has its fashions and trends. The spyware that is making headlines at the moment is called Erbium. If he started to make a name for himself on Russian-language forums, his success is now international.
In the area of malware, too, competition is fierce. Not all hackers looking to steal information create their own infiltration tools. Far from it. The current malware standard is Redline Stealer. A new kid named Erbium he would also like to curry favor with hackers, and for that he offers a subscription formula at 100 € per month. Erbium started making headlines this summer. It is most often found in video games and other cracked software available on download platforms or through gaming videos on YouTube.
Although this software is used to carry out illegal activities, it uses the springs of traditional software: attentive customer service, studied price and commercial exploitation model in Software-as-a-Service, or in this case, Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS). Saas are software installed on remote servers rather than on the user’s machine. Rather than paying for a user license, customers pay for a subscription. Erbium would currently claim no less than $100 per monththe price of the service fluctuating according to demand.
Erbium collects absolutely all possible and imaginable data
According to Cluster25, a company specializing in computer security, the malware is experiencing growing success in France and around the world. The software is currently mainly installed in cheat software, gamers trying by all means to be victorious being prime targets for hackers and their spyware.
Once the malware is downloaded and has executed its commands on the computer, it steals all possible information: identifiers, passwords, form auto-completion data, cookies or credit card numbers, content of cryptocurrency wallets possibly installed in browsers.
No data is safe from malware. The software can even take screenshots, allowing hackers to build a fairly accurate profile and take control of their victims’ email clients and other social media accounts. To protect yourself from Erbium, the recommendations are the same as usual: do not download pirated software, update your software frequently, and use anti-virus.
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