As the line between adware and spyware becomes increasingly blurry, opportunities for theft continue to flourish. Bitdefender has launched a whitepaper on Zacinlo – a highly advanced strain of spyware taking full advantage of the sophisticated persistence mechanisms awarded by modern adware.
This Malware has been running covertly since early 2012, affecting gamers and free-app users. It is a complex piece of rootkit-based spyware that infects the user’s PC and either:
- Opens an invisible browser to load advertising banners in it, then simulate clicks from the user, or
- It changes ads loaded naturally inside the browser with the attacker’s ads so it collects advertising revenue.
Rootkit-based malware is extremely rare, found in under 1 per cent of threats and unfortunately won’t be easily fixed anytime soon.
Click here to read full whitepaper which you can find the main features of this spyware.
