Malware-seekers were diverted to the Feds, severing a Croatian connection
. After infecting a victim's smartphone or laptop, the RAT's capabilities include stealing passwords, keylogging, and remotely controlling the device.
"By removing the NetWire RAT, the FBI has impacted the criminal cyber ecosystem," Donald Alway, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles field office, declared in a"The global partnership that led to the arrest in Croatia also removed a popular tool used to hijack computers in order to perpetuate global fraud, data breaches and network intrusions by threat groups and cyber criminals," Alway added.
The FBI's Los Angeles bureau opened an investigation into the malware distributor in 2020. As part of this, undercover agents created accounts on the website, paid for a subscription, and"constructed a customized instance of the NetWire RAT using the product's Builder Tool," according to the affidavit in support of the seizure warrant.[PDF], Verisign redirected the worldwiredlabs domain to servers controlled by the FBI.
Neither US nor Croatian authorities released the suspect's name. However infosec journalist Brian Krebs hasThe malware peddler allegedly sold NetWire licenses for between $10 and $1,200, according toOther criminals who bought the malware used NetWire to target healthcare organizations and banks, they added.
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