The cybersecurity researchers at SANS Internet Storm Center’s Xavier Mertens recently recognized malware that utilizes an exciting method to discover the victim’s possible location. One of the interesting facts of this malware is that it does not use various GeoIP API services.
The experts affirmed that this malware usually assembles an infected user’s Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID), or the MAC physical address of the wireless router or access point that is being used to connect through WiFi.
The hackers use GeoIP API services for this particular task, but there are many other ways through which they can find out the location that doesn’t need any access to those APIs.
However, the method isn’t exact, but it is still the most secure method of getting a user’s actual physical location based on the data that has been found on their computer.
[email protected]:~$ curl -s http://icanhazip.com/
81.246.x.x
This malware uses a second method that relies on grasping the…