Varenyky - a new virus that records your screen while watching porn
News Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Antivirus company ESET reported the discovery of new malware called Varenyky. This virus It can be used to steal usernames and passwords, send spam, and what is most interesting, for screen recording users while watching porn.
On Varenyky computers penetrates through the mail - the user receives a message with an attachment in the form of fake accounts.
Single click enough virus launched Tor for anonymous contact with the C & C-server. After that, the malware searches the running applications and open windows associated with porn content. Finding desired, Varenyky activates a screen recording and then sends video to a malicious server.
For the first time the virus has been seen in May 2019. It was aimed at customers of the French ISP Orange SA. However, as experts note ESET, Varenyky can be used anywhere.
Alexis-Zhonka Dore, the lead researcher ESET"In our opinion, this spam-bot is in the intensive stage of development, because it has changed significantly since the first detection. As always, we encourage users to be careful when opening attachments from unknown sources, as well as take care of updating the system and antivirus software. "
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