Experts at Panda Labs detected the new Mpack malware, a tool that can be used to download malicious software into remote computers. The principle is simple: the attacker choose a malware and use it to infect a number of computers. Last statistics  reported by Panda Labs focus on a case of 160.000 machines that were infected through this Mpack malware. Such data was obtained thanks to the “statistics component” of the tool itself.

The software is conceived to let cyber pranksters have the  full control of the attacked machines, indeed it allow to monitor data passing through them. Moreover, the attacker can group the computers affected by the malware by operating system or browser.

 The tool can be purchased for $700 on on-line forums. The price include one year’s free support.

According to Mr. Luis Corron  , Technical Director at Panda Labs, “Mpack offers the type of features you would expect from a legal application. For example, client updates. These updates, effectively different versions of the application, are actually the exploits needed to take advantage of the latest vulnerabilities discovered. There is normally a new one every month and they cost between $50 and $150.”

For $300 is then possible to buy DreamDownloader, a tool for downloader Trojans. It is enough to specify the URL in which he file is hosted –be it a Trojan or a worm- and the application will immediately generate an executable to download such file.

Mpack malware and DreamDownloader are complementary: the first one is used to infect computers with  malware chosen by the attacker, whereas the second one can create malware.

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