Key Takeaways
- Tus "Crakonosh" malware tau kis mus rau ib puag ncig 220, 000 lub tshuab thoob tebchaws, hloov cov PCs kis mus rau hauv cryptocurrency mining rigs.
- Nws tshem tawm lub khoos phis tawj lub khoos phis tawm tiv thaiv kab mob thiab rov sau nws cov npe, uas ua rau nws nyuaj rau tshem tawm ib zaug nws nyob ntawd.
- Ib kab mob kis tau zoo heev, tab sis tsis muaj lus ceeb toom txog kev nyiag khoom.
Yog tias koj lossis ib tus neeg koj koom nrog lub khoos phis tawj nrog nyiam rub tawm "pawg" pirate luam ntawm cov khoos phis tawj nrov, koj yuav raug nyiag los ntawm ib hom malware.
Tshaj tawm ntawm torrents thiab ncaj qha rub tawm ntawm kev ua si pirated, Crackonosh nyiag lub computer los hloov nws mus rau hauv crypto mining rig. Kwv yees li ntawm 220, 000 tus neeg mob tau tshaj tawm thoob ntiaj teb, nrog kev kwv yees tias cov kws txuj ci dag tau tshaj $ 2 lab hauv Monera cryptocurrency rau nws cov kws sau ntawv tsis paub. Thaum cov qauv ntawm Crackonosh tau nyob hauv kev ncig txij li xyoo 2018, qhov tsis ntev los no ntawm cov xwm txheej tau muab tso rau ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb txog kev ruaj ntseg radars.
"Qhov malware no feem ntau yog muab faib los ntawm torrents thiab cov kev ua haujlwm ua haujlwm rau gamers," said Bryan Hornung, CEO ntawm Xact IT Solutions, hais ncaj qha rau Lifewire. "Gamers 'system feem ntau muaj ntau lub zog ua haujlwm, uas ua rau cov nyiaj tau los ntau dua rau cov neeg ua phem hauv cybercriminals."
Monsters of Code
Raws li Avast's Daniel Beneš, Crackonosh cov cai qhia tias nws tus kws sau ntawv yuav yog Czech. Qhov ntawd ua rau nws lub npe menyuam yaus, uas yog lub ntsej muag rau Krakonoš, Czech lub npe rau lub roob siab ntawm Polish, German, thiab Bohemian lus dab neeg.
Raws li pob malware, Crackonosh yog qhov tshwj xeeb tshaj plaws. Tsis muaj pov thawj ntawm cov ntaub ntawv poob lossis tub sab nyiag los ntawm cov kab mob. Yog tias koj lub khoos phis tawj raug ntaus nrog Crackonosh, tsawg kawg koj cov ntaub ntawv hauv zos tsis muaj kev pheej hmoo.
Cov malware no feem ntau yog muab faib los ntawm torrents thiab executables npaj rau gamers.
Nws kuj yooj yim zam, raws li tej yam no mus. Thaum lub sijhawm sau ntawv, tib txoj kev paub tseeb ntawm kev sib kis rau Crackonosh yog los ntawm pirate software qhov chaw, uas muaj kev rub tawm dawb "tawg" rau cov PC nrov xws li Grand Theft Auto V, NBA 2K19, Far Cry 5, thiab 2018 Hu rau Cthulhu. Qee qhov kev rub tawm no kis tau los ntawm Crackonosh.
"Qhov no yog ib qho ntawm qhov kev tiv thaiv yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws kho," said Christopher Budd, tus thawj tswj hwm kev hem thawj thoob ntiaj teb ntawm Avast, hauv Zoom hu nrog Lifewire. "Qhov no yog qhov tshwm sim thaum koj sim kom tau ib yam dab tsi rau tsis muaj dab tsi. Koj rub tawm nws, koj tau txais kev ua si, thiab koj tau txais dawb npib miner software yam tsis muaj nqi ntxiv."
Thaum tus neeg siv sim nruab qhov kev ua si pirated nrog Crackonosh malware ntawm Windows 10, Crackonosh hloov kho lub khoos phis tawj lub npe kom tso cai rau nws tus kheej pib hauv Safe Mode. Tom qab ntawd nws yuam lub khoos phis tawj kom khau raj rau hauv Safe Mode ntawm nws qhov kev pib ua haujlwm tom ntej, uas cuam tshuam feem ntau cov software tiv thaiv kab mob, yog li Crackonosh tuaj yeem tsom thiab tshem tawm cov kev tiv thaiv uas yuav tshwm sim.
Nws kuj hloov lub Windows Security icon nyob rau hauv Windows 10 nrog ib tug zoo tib yam fake, yog li cov neeg siv tej zaum yuav tsis pom nws ploj tam sim ntawd, thiab disables Windows Update yog li OS yuav tsis cia li reinstall Windows Defender.
Lub sijhawm no, tus neeg siv tseem tuaj yeem siv lawv lub computer, tab sis nws yuav ua rau qeeb qeeb los ntawm qhov xav tau ntawm cov software mining. Nws tseem tsis tau muaj kev tiv thaiv tag nrho los ntawm lwm yam kab mob lossis malware uas tuaj yeem tshwm sim rau lub sijhawm no.
Yog tias koj tab tom nrhiav kom tshem tawm Crackonosh los ntawm lub cev muaj kab mob, nws yog qhov kev txiav txim siab, xav kom koj mus yos hav zoov thiab tshem tawm ntau cov ntaub ntawv, cov haujlwm tau teem tseg, thiab txawm tias cov yuam sij sau npe. Nws yog qhov sib cav ntau yooj yim dua los yooj yim format koj lub tsav thiab rov nruab Windows, txawm hais tias Avast tau muab cov lus qhia ntawm nws cov ntawv blog txog yuav ua li cas tshem tawm Crackonosh malware ntawm koj lub computer.
"Nws siv ntau kauj ruam," Budd hais. "Koj tau ua ntau yam cuab yeej los ntawm tes kom tshem tawm qhov no. Kuv tau ua qee qhov kev txhawb nqa hauv kuv lub hnub, thiab qhov no tsis yog ib yam uas kuv xav taug kev ib tus neeg hauv xov tooj."
Koj rub nws, koj tau txais kev ua si, thiab koj tau txais dawb npib miner software yam tsis tau them nqi ntxiv.
Kev tshawb fawb txuas ntxiv rau Crackonosh tam sim no, txawm hais tias nws tau qeeb qeeb vim qhov tseeb: tsis muaj coob tus neeg xav qhia seb lawv cov download tsis raug cai yog lub luag haujlwm rau qhov tsis raug cai tshwm sim rau lawv lub computer.
Txawm li cas los xij, nws tsis yog ib yam uas koj tuaj yeem ntes tau ntawm random, uas tshem tawm qee qhov kev hem thawj. Crackonosh tsis perpetuate los ntawm email chains, ad banners, los yog dodgy websites. Tsuas muaj ib txoj hauv kev kom tau txais nws, thiab qhov ntawd yog los ntawm kev tawm mus thiab nquag sim ua txhaum software piracy.
"Raws li kuv niam tau hais lus tso dag," Budd hais tias, "ib tug txiv neej mus rau hauv tus kws kho mob thiab hais tias, 'Tus kws kho mob, nws mob thaum kuv ua qhov no.' Tus kws kho mob hais tias, 'Zoo, tsis txhob ua. uas.' Yog tias koj thiab tag nrho cov neeg siv ntawm koj lub cev tsis rub tawm software tawg, koj tsis tas yuav txhawj txog qhov no."
