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Malware

DiamondFox

aka Crystal · Gorynych · Gorynch

According to PCrisk, DiamondFox is highly modular malware offered as malware-as-a-service, and is for sale on various hacker forums.

DiamondFox, also known as Crystal, Gorynych, Gorynch, is a Windows malware family.

Background

PCrisk describes DiamondFox as a heavily modular malware sold as a malware-as-a-service offering across various hacker forums, meaning would-be operators need little to no technical skill to launch attacks.

After purchase, the malware can capture keystrokes, steal credentials such as usernames, email addresses and passwords, hijack cryptocurrency wallets, mount distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, and perform other malicious actions.

DiamondFox lets operators decide which plug-ins stay enabled and view infection statistics in real time.


Source: Malpedia (Fraunhofer FKIE).