Anubis, a new info-stealing malware spreads in the wild

Microsoft warned of a recently uncovered piece of malware, tracked as Anubis that was designed to steal information from infected systems.

This week, Microsoft warned of a recently uncovered piece of malware, tracked as Anubis, that was distributed in the wild to steal information from infected systems.

Anubis is the name of an Android malware well-known in the community of malware analysts, but the family reported by Microsoft is not related to it.

According to Microsoft, the new piece of malware uses code forked from Loki malware to steal system info, credentials, credit card details, cryptocurrency wallets.

The recently discovered malware only targets Windows systems, Microsoft detected it as PWS:MSIL/Anubis.G!MTB.

Anubis has been around since June when it appeared on several cybercrime forums.

“Anubis is deployed in what appears to be limited, initial campaigns that have so far only used a handful of known download URLs and C2 servers,” continues Microsoft.

Microsoft shared some indicators of compromise (IoC) for this threat and announced it will continue to monitor it.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware)

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.