{"id":11517,"date":"2013-06-21T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.webroot.com\/?p=11517"},"modified":"2018-01-30T12:32:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T19:32:37","slug":"new-subscription-based-sha256scrypt-supporting-stealth-diy-bitcoin-mining-tool-spotted-in-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/2013\/06\/21\/new-subscription-based-sha256scrypt-supporting-stealth-diy-bitcoin-mining-tool-spotted-in-the-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"New subscription-based SHA256\/Scrypt supporting stealth DIY Bitcoin mining tool spotted in the wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recently released subscription-based SHA256\/Scrypt supporting\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.webroot.com\/tag\/bitcoin\/\"><strong>stealth DIY Bitcoin mining tool<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is poised to empower cybercriminals with advanced Bitcoin mining capabilities to be used on the malware-infected hosts that they have direct access to, or have purchased through a boutique cybercrime-friendly E-shop selling access to hacked PCs.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a peek at the DIY Bitcoin mining tool, and discuss some of its core features.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sample screenshot of the international underground market advertisement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webrootblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/stealth_bitcoin_mining_tool_diy_malware_cybercrime_sell_buy_purchase_subscription2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11529\" alt=\"Stealth_Bitcoin_Mining_Tool_DIY_Malware_Cybercrime_Sell_Buy_Purchase_Subscription\" src=\"http:\/\/webrootblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/stealth_bitcoin_mining_tool_diy_malware_cybercrime_sell_buy_purchase_subscription2.png\" width=\"540\" height=\"1258\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bitcoin mining tool comes with a DIY generating tool, start up functionality, installation persistence, assembly changer, icon changer, support for both Bitcoin and Litecoin CPU\/GPU, the ability to change the CPU\/GPU threads, as well as the ability to adjust the GPU fan percentage. The mining tool comes as a fully managed subscription-based service for the price of $15 on a monthly basis. The accepted methods are BTC, LTC, TRC, and naturally in the context of OPSEC-unaware cybercrime-friendly releases, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.webroot.com\/tag\/paypal\/\"><strong>PayPal<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sample screenshots courtesy of &#8220;happy customers&#8221;:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webrootblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/stealth_bitcoin_mining_tool_diy_malware_cybercrime_sell_buy_purchase_subscription_01.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11526\" alt=\"Stealth_Bitcoin_Mining_Tool_DIY_Malware_Cybercrime_Sell_Buy_Purchase_Subscription_01\" src=\"http:\/\/webrootblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/stealth_bitcoin_mining_tool_diy_malware_cybercrime_sell_buy_purchase_subscription_01.png\" width=\"706\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/webrootblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/stealth_bitcoin_mining_tool_diy_malware_cybercrime_sell_buy_purchase_subscription_02.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11527\" alt=\"Stealth_Bitcoin_Mining_Tool_DIY_Malware_Cybercrime_Sell_Buy_Purchase_Subscription_02\" src=\"http:\/\/webrootblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/stealth_bitcoin_mining_tool_diy_malware_cybercrime_sell_buy_purchase_subscription_02.png\" width=\"468\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We expect to continue observing an increase in managed subscription based DIY Bitcoin mining international underground market propositions, and will post updates as soon as we come across such managed services.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can find more about Dancho\u00a0Danchev at his\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/danchodanchev\">LinkedIn Profile<\/a><\/strong>. You can also\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/danchodanchev\">follow him on Twitter<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recently released subscription-based SHA256\/Scrypt supporting\u00a0stealth DIY Bitcoin mining tool\u00a0is poised to empower cybercriminals with advanced Bitcoin mining capabilities to be used on the malware-infected hosts that they have direct access to, or have purchased through a boutique cybercrime-friendly E-shop selling access to hacked PCs. Let&#8217;s take a peek at the DIY Bitcoin mining tool, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":17052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3005],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[15017,15007,15029,15005,14995,14499,15019,15023,15011,14999,15027,15015,15003,15031,15021,15009,14997,15025,15013,15001],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23792,"href":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11517\/revisions\/23792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11517"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=11517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}