Lunex Stealer Abuses AMD Driver to Disable Security Monitoring and Steal Browser Credentials
The Lunex MaaS platform deploys its Psychedelic Stealer via ClickFix lures and abuses a signed AMD driver (BYOVD) to blind EDR — a multi-stage evasion chain SOC teams should model now.
Summary written by editorial AI · Source link below
The Psychedelic Stealer malware distributed via compromised Ukrainian websites using ClickFix-style Cloudflare verification checks is part of a wider malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform called Lunex.
The new findings come from Ontinue, which described the activity as a four-stage attack chain aimed at targeting Ukrainian-speaking users.
"The attack chain begins with a fake CAPTCHA page and
Editorial Analysis
BYOVD attacks using legitimately signed drivers are increasingly commoditised through MaaS platforms, enabling even low-skill attackers to evade enterprise endpoint protection.
Add the abused AMD driver hash to your vulnerable-driver blocklist and validate that your EDR enforces kernel-driver integrity policies.
A new malware-as-a-service platform disables endpoint security using a legitimate driver, lowering the bar for credential theft across enterprises.
Forward-looking interpretation drafted by editorial AI under human review — not a reproduction of the source. See methodology.
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