Security News > 2022 > April > New Meta information stealer distributed in malspam campaign
A malspam campaign has been found distributing the new META malware, a new info-stealer malware that appears to be rising in popularity among cybercriminals.
META is one of the novel info-stealers, along with Mars Stealer and BlackGuard, whose operators wish to take advantage of Raccoon Stealer's exit from the market that left many searching for their next platform.
Bleeping Computer first reported about META last month, when analysts at KELA warned about its dynamic entrance into the TwoEasy botnet marketplace.
A new spam campaign seen by security researcher and ISC Handler Brad Duncan is proof that META is actively used in attacks, being deployed to steal passwords stored in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, as well as cryptocurrency wallets.
One thing to note is that META modifies Windows Defender via PowerShell to exclude.
Exe files from scanning, to protect its files from detection.