{"id":230146,"date":"2026-06-02T04:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/?p=230146"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:20:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:20:55","slug":"weedhack-minecraft-malware-as-a-service-campaign-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/other-blogs\/mcafee-labs\/weedhack-minecraft-malware-as-a-service-campaign-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Over: WeedHack &#8211; The Rise of Minecraft Malware-as-a-Service Campaigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW154389590 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW154389590 BCX0\">Authored by Aayush Tyagi<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW154389590 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Introduction\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Minecraft is a 2011 sandbox game developed and published by Mojang Studios. It is the best-selling video game in the world and has sold over 350 million copies worldwide. Its popularity has spanned over a decade due to its versatile gameplay, offering multiple game modes, including one of the most memorable Story Mode in gaming history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It allows players to create and host multiplayer servers with a variety of gameplay options and offers a wide range of custom launchers, game mods, and cheats to choose from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Its massive popularity and widespread use of third-party tools have also given rise to a dark side of the Minecraft ecosystem, which is filled with Remote Access Trojans (RATs), credential stealers, keyloggers and other malware threats.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">McAfee Labs has recently uncovered a colossal Minecraft-focused Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) campaign named \u2018Weedhack\u2019, that allows threat actors to remotely access and manipulate the victims\u2019 screen, webcam and file system through a dashboard hosted on the clear net, making it easily accessible to anyone with a Discord account and an internet connection.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Key Findings<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018Weedhack\u2019\u00a0has been active since January 2026\u00a0and masquerades as\u00a0genuine\u00a0Minecraft\u00a0clients\u00a0and mods\u00a0to infect users.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We\u2019ve\u00a0discovered over\u00a03820\u00a0unique malicious JAR files\u00a0that are part of\u00a0this attack and over 240 URLs responsible for distributing this malware.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This campaign\u00a0utilizes\u00a0SEO poisoning and\u00a0YouTube to generate traffic to these malicious URLs.\u00a0We also found two\u00a0YouTube\u00a0channels and multiple videos that\u00a0demonstrate\u00a0Minecraft\u00a0Mods\u00a0and Clients\u00a0and\u00a0redirect viewers to these URLs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The campaign has accumulated a total of\u00a0116,464\u00a0hits, averaging\u00a0approximately 2000\u00a0to 3,000 hits per day.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The campaign provides an enterprise-grade dashboard that allows customers to view stolen credentials and system information, download the payload, configure notifications, access tutorials, and remotely\u00a0monitor\u00a0their\u00a0victims.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This campaign deploys\u00a0EtherHiding, a technique that uses Ethereum blockchain to fetch its latest C2 domain.\u00a0The responses are RSA-signed and verified before execution, helping protect the\u00a0network\u00a0from campaign takeover attempts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We\u2019ve\u00a0uncovered\u00a010\u00a0domains that host the next stage payloads and host the malware dashboard for the\u00a0Weedhack\u00a0campaign.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We\u2019ve\u00a0identified\u00a011\u00a0domains that hosted similar\u00a0MaaS\u00a0campaigns in the past, orchestrated\u00a0by the same threat actor.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We\u2019ve unearthed the threat actor\u2019s Telegram account and uncovered a Telegram channel for customers, with over 850 members, as of writing this blog.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This campaign\u00a0offers two service tiers: free and premium.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The free tier includes a comprehensive infostealer capable of targeting\u00a0Minecraft\u00a0session IDs and four\u00a0Minecraft\u00a0launchers, collecting system information, and stealing cookies and passwords from 36 different browsers. 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