New DIY unsigned malicious Java applet generating tool spotted in the wild


By Dancho Danchev

Just as we anticipated on numerous occassions in our series of blog posts exploring the emerging DIY (do it yourself) trend within the cybercrime ecosystem, novice cybercriminals continue attempting to steal market share from market leaders, in order for them to either gain credibility within a particular cybercrime-friendly community, or secure a revenue stream.

Throughout 2012, we’ve witnessed the emergence of both, publicly obtainable, and commercially available, DIY unsigned Java applet generators. Largely relying on social engineering thanks to their built-in feature allowing them to “clone” any given Web site, these tools remain a popular attack vector in the arsenal of the less sophisticated cybercriminal, looking for ways to build his very own botnet.

In this post, I’ll profile one of the most recently released DIY tools.

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