Vidar
Australia warns of ClickFix attacks pushing Vidar Stealer malware
The Australian Cyber Security Center (ACSC) is warning organizations of an ongoing malware campaign using the ClickFix social engineering technique to distribute the Vidar Stealer info-stealing malware. ClickFix is a social engineering attack technique that tricks users into executing malicious commands, usually through fake CAPTCHA or browser verification prompts displayed on compromised or malicious websites. […]
Claude Code leak used to push infostealer malware on GitHub
Threat actors are exploiting the recent Claude Code source code leak by using fake GitHub repositories to deliver Vidar information-stealing malware. Claude Code is a terminal-based AI agent from Anthropic, designed to execute coding tasks directly in the terminal and act as an autonomous agent, capable of direct system interaction, LLM API call handling, MCP […]
Vidar Stealer 2.0 adds multi-threaded data theft, better evasion
Security researchers are warning that Vidar Stealer infections are likely to increase after the malware developer released a new major version with upgraded capabilities. According to an announcement from the developer this month, Vidar 2.0 has been rewritten in C, supports multi-threading data stealing, bypasses Chrome’s app-bound encryption, and features more advanced evasion mechanisms. Infostealer […]
TikTok videos now push infostealer malware in ClickFix attacks
Cybercriminals are using TikTok videos to trick users into infecting themselves with Vidar and StealC information-stealing malware in ClickFix attacks. As Trend Micro recently discovered, the threat actors behind this TikTok social engineering campaign are using videos likely generated using AI that ask viewers to run commands claiming to activate Windows and Microsoft Office, as well […]