Watch Out For This Raccoon Stealer 2.0 With New Capabilities

Raccoon Stealer also named Legion, Mohazo, and Racealer, a high-risk trojan-type application that attacks the system and steals personal credentials is back with a second upgraded version circulating on cybercrime forums, offering hackers elevated password-stealing functionality and advanced operational capacity. 

The trojan whose services are being offered by various hacker groups on hacker forums, when installed on one’s system can lead to various cyber issues. 

The Raccoon Stealer operation was taken down in march 2022 when its operators reported that one of the lead developers of the forum was killed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Also, the team promised its come back with a second upgraded version with more capabilities. 

“We expect a resurgence of Raccoon Stealer v2, as developers implemented a version tailored to the needs of cybercriminals (efficiency, performance, stealing capabilities, etc.) and scaled their backbone servers to handle large loads,” Sekoia told in the report. 

According to the malware developers, the upgraded Raccoon version was built from scratch using C/C++, featuring a new back-end, front-end, and code to steal credentials and other data. 

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