MyloBot

MyloBot is a botnet Trojan that links infected PCs and devices into a decentralized network of 'zombie' machines. From that point, its admins may configure MyloBot for various attacks, although its default functions include sophisticated stealth and anti-security capabilities. Users should maintain appropriate network and Web-browsing safety guidelines while using anti-malware services for deleting MyloBot as required.

Trojans that Don't Want any Company

The tier 1 OEM manufacturing sector is a lucrative industry, both for its companies and the criminals deploying campaigns against them. However, such well-funded business network infrastructure, often, is a difficult nut for cracking, as far as Trojan attacks concern themselves. MyloBot shows how these infections might maintain persistence over time successfully without alerting any workers in the process.

MyloBot is a Trojan that infects the computer, deconstructs any interfering safety apparatuses, and, then, delivers a further payload, according to the campaign of the day's configuration. MyloBot may install threats such as file-locking Trojans, spyware, RATs or spambots. However, the users aren't likely of noticing any of this, since MyloBot runs in a fileless, in-memory-only state that doesn't write executables or other files to the disk. It accomplishes that persistence with what malware experts note is an exceptionally sophisticated combination of memory injection, process hollowing and executable reflection.

The list of software and features that MyloBot disables is well-fleshed-out and includes Windows' self-update mechanisms, the firewall, and any executables that run through the AppData directory. The latter is an attempt at 'disinfecting' the PC of any competing Trojans that might be using that location for hiding their more-visible components. Such pseudo-antivirus features are rare but users can see similar features built into other botnets and even some families of file-locking Trojans.

Staying Out of the Worst Sort of Network

A zombie botnet is capable of turning attacks against both third-party targets and the infected systems that make up its numerous 'hosts.' MyloBot can conduct many attacks, but previous campaigns emphasize its exfiltrating sensitive company information or encrypting server files for ransoming them. Security measures like disabling RDP and using non-default passwords, supported by 2FA and appropriate admin account restrictions, will keep users' servers at less risk than otherwise.

Backing up one's media is a non-negotiable precaution for securing any PC or device's files against the file-locking Trojans that MyloBot can drop. As of 2019, more attacks take into account NAS hardware and the Shadow Volume Copies. Users should prepare other backup options that don't require these solutions for restoring any files. Free decryption is, very frequently, not viable.

Malware researchers suggest monitoring e-mails for phishing tactics that could distribute a MyloBot Trojan. Most anti-malware products should catch and remove MyloBot, or a Trojan dropper before it becomes a problem.

As far as 'zombies' go, MyloBot offers a rich cornucopia of techniques for staying alive while taking out its competition. The lack of a file, or other symptoms, is no guarantee of a computer's wellbeing in this day and age.