Kasidet POS RAM Scraper Malware

Kasidet POS Malware is a variant of Point of Sale (POS) Malware that performs DDoS attacks using Namecoin's Dot-Bit service to scrape payment card details.^[1][2] It is also known as Trojan.MWZLesson or Neutrino and was found in September 2015 by cyber security experts.^[3][4] It is a combination of BackDoor.Neutrino.50 and the POS malware.^[5]

Operation

Kasidet POS Worm gets on a system along with the other malware or gets downloaded unknowingly when user visits malicious websites.^[6][7] This malware is different from other POS malware and it scrapes data with advanced features.^[8] First it scrapes the POS RAM and steals payment card details. Then the scraped information is sent to the cyber criminal with intercepted GET and POST requests from the browser.^[9] It's very difficult to detect this bot by using security programs; sometimes it's detectable in email spam campaigns and exploit kits.^[10] The scraping capability of Kasidet has now been enhanced by the cyber criminals and it now hides C&C server in the Namecoin DNS Service Dot-Bit.

Incidents

• The US Government blamed Russian hackers for malicious Kasidet POS malware found in Democratic National Committee computers and a Burlington Electric Company laptop.^[11][12][13] In the former case, the software was allegedly used to interfere in the 2016 election.
• Zscaler has reported that MS Office documents distributed in phishing emails contain macros that install Kasidet POS malware into user machines.^[7][14] The malware is believed to originate in Russia.^[14]

See also

• Cyber electronic warfare
• Cyber security standards
• Cyber warfare
• List of cyber attack threat trends
• Proactive Cyber Defence
• Point-of-sale malware
• Point of sale