Cybercriminals sometimes rely on special software to redirect traffic from malicious or compromised sites to other websites. Such a tool is BlackOS, which was analyzed by experts from Trend Micro.
Malware developers started advertising BlackOS on underground forums in late February 2014. While they advertise it as being new, BlackOS is actually based on “Tale of the North,” a piece of software first identified by security researchers in September 2013.
“BlackOS and other similar packages are designed to automate the process of managing and exploiting websites easier. This allows a cybercriminal to squeeze out the most profit from his victims. It has a web interface which is used to manage the web traffic and its different features,” Trend Micro experts explained.
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