Cybercriminals are using Pay-Per-Install Services to Expand Their Victims.

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PrivateLoader plays an important role in delivering a variety of malware such as RedLine Stealer, Vidar, and Raccoon. When a user searches for pirated software, PrivateLoader retrieves URLs for the malicious payloads that will be deployed on the infected host. Private loader's distribution is primarily based on a network of bait websites that have been rigged to appear prominently in search results.

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When a Pay-per-install (PPI) malware service known as PrivateLoader was thoroughly investigated, it was discovered to play an important role in delivering a variety of malware such as SmokeLoader, RedLine Stealer, Vidar, and Raccoon as well as GCleaner since at least May 2021.

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Infected computers can be infected with loaders, which are malicious programs that allow additional executables to be loaded. PPI malware services such as PrivateLoader, for example, are used by malware operators to have their payloads "installed" on the targets that have been provided.

As cybersecurity firm Intel 471 explained in a new report shared with The Hacker News, "the accessibility and moderate costs of these services allow malware operators to leverage them as another weapon for rapid, bulk, and geo-targeted malware infections."

When a user searches for pirated software, PrivateLoader, which is written in the C++ programming language, is used to retrieve URLs for the malicious payloads that will be deployed on the infected host. The malware's distribution is primarily based on a network of bait websites that have been rigged to appear prominently in search results through search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning methods that target users looking for pirated software.

An extensive range of functions is available through the PPI service's administrative panel, which includes the ability to add new users, configure a link to the payload to be installed, modify geolocation targeting according to the campaign, and even encrypt the load file.

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Among the other payload families pushed by PrivateLoader are a slew of remote access trojans, banking malware, and ransomware such as DanaBot, Formbook (aka XLoader), CryptBot, Remcos, NanoCore, TrickBot, Kronos, Dridex, NjRAT, BitRAT, Agent Tesla, and LockBit, among others.

As the researchers put it, "PPI services have long been a cornerstone of cybercrime." Crimes will be attracted to software that provides them with a wide range of options to easily achieve their objectives, just as the general public will.