Quote:Attackers are abusing the Bitbucket code hosting service to store seven types of malware threats used in an ongoing campaign that has already claimed more than 500,000 business computers across the world.

Systems falling victim to this attack would get infected with multiple payloads that steal data, mine for cryptocurrency, and culminate with delivering STOP ransomware.
 
Cybercriminals do not shy away from using legitimate online storage platforms like GitHub, Dropbox, or Google Drive since a connection to one of these services looks less suspicious.
 
For this campaign, the attackers use several Bitbucket accounts to host commodity malware that receives frequent updates, security researchers from cybersecurity Cybereason discovered.
 
According to research Cybereason published today, the targets are users looking for cracked versions of commercial software, "Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, and others."