Cybersecurity

Hackers Use Fake TradingView Premium Posts on Reddit to Deliver Vidar and AMOS Stealers

Ali Nemati7 hours ago57 sec read4 views0 listens

Summary

Incident Overview: Threat actors are using fake posts on Reddit, claiming that they have cracked the TradingView premium version of their trading platform. These malicious posts lead users to download malware-infected software.

Details:

Target Platform: TradingView (a popular financial trading and cryptocurrency analysis platform).
Distribution Method: Fake Reddit posts offering a "cracked" version of TradingView Premium.
Malware Types Involved:
- Vidar Stealer: A malicious program that steals browser passwords, session cookies, and crypto wallet keys from Windows users.
- AMOS Stealer: A similar malware targeting macOS systems, which also extracts sensitive information such as credentials and cryptocurrency wallets.

Technical Details:

Windows Malware (Vidar):
- The download is a large ZIP file containing wextract.exe, which spawns cmd.exe with delayed variable expansion.
- Once executed, Vidar steals browser passwords, session cookies, and crypto wallet keys from various browsers like Chrome, Firefox, etc.
MacOS Malware (AMOS):
- The download is a disk image (DMG) that mounts with a TradingView-branded

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