Europol and the British National Crime Bureau banned a crime ring linked to Luminosity RAT

According to securityaffairs media reported on February 6 that the European Cybercrime Center and the British Crime Bureau, affiliated with Europol, have recently disclosed details of an international law enforcement operation – more than a dozen law enforcement agencies from Europe, the United States and Australia jointly demolished one A criminal gang associated with the Luminosity RAT remote access Trojan (aka LuminosityLink). It is reported, Luminosity RAT can disable antivirus and anti-malware on the target device, perform commands such as recording keystrokes, stealing data and passwords, enabling webcam to monitor users.

The British Crime Bureau disclosed that the Luminosity RAT was first discovered in 2015 and has become very popular since 2016. According to media sources, a small British criminal gang distributed the Luminosity RAT to more than 8,600 buyers in 78 countries through the use of malicious Web sites.

It is learned that buyers can get Luminosity RAT remote access Trojan for only $40, even though the Trojan costs only $ 30. In addition, Luminosity RAT also offers buyers technical convenience, for example, buyers can acquire the Trojan with little technical knowledge.

Thousands of victim users are currently being stolen with sensitive information, including passwords, private photos, videos and more. Steven Wilson, head of the European Center for Cybercrime, said that although cybercrime is now escalating and updating, cross-border and vigorous coordination of actions cannot prevent hackers from being arrested over long-range criminal offenses around the world.

Source: SecurityAffairs