Malwarebytes Labs researchers uncovered multiple campaigns distributing an infostealer we track as NWHStealer, using everything from fake VPN downloads to hardware utilities and gaming mods.
What makes this campaign stand out isn’t just the malware, but how widely and convincingly it’s being spread. Once installed, it can collect browser data, saved passwords, and cryptocurrency wallet information, which attackers may use to access accounts, steal funds, or carry out further attacks. We detected multiple campaigns using different platforms and lures to distribute NWHStealer. The stealer is loaded and executed in several ways, such as self-injection or injection into other processes like RegAsm (Microsoft’s Assembly Registration Tool). Often, additional wrappers such as MSI or Node.js are used as the initial loader.
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Source: Malwarebytes Labs
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