Cybercriminals Are Using Fake Source Forge Domains to Distribute Trojan

If you download project software's from SourceForge than beware, In April, security researchers from Zscaler reported uncovering  a fake SourceForge website, sourceforgechile.net, set up by cybercriminals in an attempt to distribute a variant of the notorious ZeroAccess Trojan.

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Now, experts say that several new domains have been registered as below : 
- sourceforgeyemen.net ,
- sourceforgemyanmar.net , 
- sourceforgemorocco.net , 
- sourceforgeindiana.net ,
- sourceforgeecuador.net , 
- sourceforgepalau.net ,
- sourceforgegrenada.net ,  
- sourceforgeestonia.net ,

These new websites have been registered with the same registrar, but each of them has different WhoIs information . 
Sourceforgechile.net was set up to serve what appeared to be an open source version of the popular Minecraft game. The latest domains serve the ZeroAccess Trojan by disguising it as a Minecraft “xray” texture pack and Airport Fighter Simulator .
Currently, none of the sites are accessible, but SourceForge users should be cautious since it’s clear that the cybercriminals are not ready to give up on this campaign .

Himanshu is a young engineer living in India. Currently working at Cognizant as a Senior Engineer. He is an ethical hacker & blogger too, doing lots of crazy stuff... If you seem interesting, go through his portfolio: www.himstar.info : "Open Source. Millions of open minds can't be wrong!

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