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New COVID-19-themed Malware Campaign Spreading through Emails
Microsoft warns of a new COVID 19-related malware campaign spreading by email and using Excel 4.0 macros and NetSupport Manager to compromise systems. The email is a favorite method for attackers to ...
Attack Campaign Leveraged Coronavirus Theme to Deliver Remcos RAT
Security researchers discovered an attack campaign that abused fears surrounding the global coronavirus outbreak to deliver the Remcos RAT. Yoroi Security detected the attack campaign when its threat intelligence activities uncovered a ...
Man jailed for using webcam RAT to spy on women in their bedrooms
A British man has been jailed for two years after police caught him using a notorious Remote Access Trojan (RAT) to hijack the webcams of young women, and spy upon them. The ...
Hiding in Plain Sight: New Adwind jRAT Variant Uses Normal Java Commands to Mask its Behavior
Street magicians have a secret: If you want to hide something, hide it in plain sight. It’s how hidden card tricks, sleight of hand and most illusions work. Unfortunately, malicious actors are ...
Attackers Targeting U.S. Petroleum Companies with Adwind RAT
Digital criminals have launched a new attack campaign that they’re using to target U.S. petroleum companies with the Adwind RAT. Netskope discovered the operation in the beginning of September and found that ...
An Analysis of L0rdix RAT, Panel and Builder
L0rdix is a multipurpose remote access tool (RAT) that was first discovered being sold on underground criminal forums in November 2018. Shortly after its discovery, Ben Hunter of enSilo analysed the RAT’s ...
Protect Before You Detect: FlawedAmmyy and the Case for Isolation
Posted by Ratnesh Pandey, Alex Holland and Toby Gray. In June 2019, Microsoft issued warnings about a phishing campaign delivering a new variant of the FlawedAmmyy remote access Trojan (RAT), and a ...
How To Avoid a RAT Infestation
This is not a discussion on how to prevent or get rid of those large rodents that cause grown adults to scream like little children when they come scurrying across the floor ...
RAT author jailed for 30 months, ordered to hand over $725k worth of Bitcoin
A US court has sentenced a programmer to 30 months in a federal prison in connection with software that claimed to be a legitimate tool for Windows sysadmins to remotely manage computers, ...
Trojans: What’s the real deal?
We take a fresh look at Trojans: the history of the term, the most popular threats over the years, the different types of Trojans, and their relationship with social engineering. Categories: Cybercrime ...
