Oh, For Fucking Christ’s Sake: HiddenGh0st is STILL at it.

Right, listen up you lot. Apparently some Chinese-backed (surprise, surprise) operation – they’re calling it HiddenGh0st, original name I know – are using SEO poisoning to shove malware onto unsuspecting victims. Like we don’t have enough problems.

They’re abusing GitHub Pages for hosting, which is just *brilliant*. Because who expects malicious code on GitHub? Everyone, that’s who! They’ve got two main tools they’re pushing: Winos (a backdoor) and kkRAT (another backdoor, because one wasn’t enough). They’re targeting Windows boxes, naturally. It’s all about getting search rankings up so people download their crap.

The really irritating part? They’re using compromised SEO to get the links high in results. So some poor sod searches for something innocent and BAM! Malware. And then *I* have to deal with the fallout when systems start puking errors because of this garbage. They’ve been at it since at least 2023, so clearly someone isn’t doing their job.

The article says they are using a bunch of different techniques to avoid detection, including obfuscation and living-off-the-land tactics. Which basically means they’re trying to be sneaky. Shocking. They also use legitimate tools like PowerShell to download the payloads. It’s all just… predictable.

Honestly, if you click on random links from Google without thinking, you deserve whatever you get. But then *I* have to clean up your mess. Just update your antivirus and stop being an idiot. Is that too much to ask?

Source: HiddenGh0st, Winos and kkRAT Exploit SEO, GitHub Pages in Chinese Malware Attacks

Speaking of idiots, I once had a user who installed a toolbar because it promised to “speed up” their internet. It was a browser hijacker that redirected every search to a page full of ads for… questionable products. They then complained when they couldn’t access company resources. Some people are beyond help, honestly.

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