Vidar Infostealer Back with a Vengeance www.darkreading.com/endpoint-…

The long-running Vidar infostealer has evolved with new obfuscation techniques.

That is according to researchers at cybersecurity vendor Aryaka, which published research last week dedicated to a fresh campaign involving the malware-as-a-service Vidar that has emerged in recent weeks. First tracked in late 2018, Vidar is an infostealer that enables affiliates to grab credentials, operating system details, cookies, sensitive financial data, various authentication tokens, and more from compromised environments.

Compared to previous strains, researchers said this latest iteration “exhibits heightened stealth and persistence through encrypted command-and-control (C2) channels, abuse of Living-off-the-Land Binaries (LOLBins), and covert exfiltration methods.”