Remote Access Trojan (RAT)
An Evolving GlassWorm Malware is Making the Rounds of Code Repositories
Jeffrey Burt | | Aikido Security, GitHub, GlassWorm, Koi Security, MCP servers, npm, Open VSX, PyPI security, Remote Access Trojan (RAT), Socket
The bad actor can now deploy a RAT, is targeting MCP servers, and is finding new ways to move through Open VSX ...
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Best of 2025: Scattered Spider Targets Aflac, Other Insurance Companies
Fresh off a series of recent attacks targeting major retail companies in the United States and the UK, the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime group is now targeting insurance companies, and earlier this ...
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Scattered Spider Targets Aflac, Other Insurance Companies
The prolific Scattered Spider threat group, which recently targeted U.S. and UK retailers in a series of attacks, is now turning its attention to the insurance industry and appears to have landed ...
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Hackers Use Trump’s Coin, Binance’s Name in Crypto Phishing Scam
Threat actors are running an email phishing scam to entice victims to install Binance software in hopes of collecting TRUMP coins. However, if they try, they instead get the ConnectWise RAT installed ...
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Deuterbear RAT: China-Linked Hackers’ Cyber Espionage Tool
Wajahat Raja | | Advanced persistent threat (APT), BlackTech, China-linked Hackers, Command-and-control (C&C), Cyber Espionage, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity News, Deuterbear RAT, DLL side-loading, Remote Access Trojan (RAT), Shellcode plugins, Trend Micro, Waterbear malware
Media reports claim that cybersecurity experts have recently unveiled new details about a remote access trojan (RAT) named Deuterbear, employed by the China-linked hacking group BlackTech. This sophisticated Deuterbear RAT malware is ...
US Authorities Shut Down Sites Selling the WarZone RAT
An FBI-led international operation this month seized several domains that were used to sell the notorious WarZone malware that BlackBerry researchers once described as “the Remote Access Trojan (RAT) of choice for ...
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Tax Season is Upon Us, and So Are the Scammers
It’s still relatively early in the year, but bad actors are already targeting accounting and finance organizations as well as filers in the United States with tax-related scams. Researchers at cybersecurity company ...
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MS Excel Vulnerability Exploited To Distribute Agent Tesla
Wajahat Raja | | Advanced Keylogger, Agent Tesla Malware, CVE-2017-11882, Cyber Attacks on Spreadsheets, Cybersecurity News, cybersecurity threats, Data Security Risks, MS Excel Vulnerability, phishing campaign, Remote Access Trojan (RAT), Zscaler ThreatLabz
Threat actors with malicious intent have now been exploiting an old MS Excel vulnerability as part of their phishing campaign. The aim of such exploits is to deliver an infostealer malware dubbed ...
Konni Malware Alert: Uncovering The Russian-Language Threat
Wajahat Raja | | APT43, Cyber Espionage, cyber threat intelligence, Cybersecurity News, cybersecurity practices, Cybersecurity Threat, Konni Malware, phishing attack, Remote Access Trojan (RAT), Russian-Language Malware, WinRAR Vulnerability
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, a recent discovery sheds light on a new phishing attack being dubbed the Konni malware. This cyber assault employs a Russian-language Microsoft Word document malware delivery ...

