Security News > 2021 > October > RAT malware spreading in Korea through webhards and torrents
2021-10-21 14:22
An ongoing malware distribution campaign targeting South Korea is disguising RATs as an adult game shared via webhards and torrents.
The attackers are using easily obtainable malware such as njRAT and UDP RAT, wrap them in a package that appears like a game or other program, and then upload them on webhards.
Exe' launcher, which is actually the UDP rate malware.
Malware executables are dropped into the 'C:Program Files4.
Malware like njRAT is particularly dangerous as it can steal sensitive information for the threat actors, including account credentials and keystrokes.
ASEC warned about this risk again in June, when actors distributed yet another commodity malware disguised as a platformer game named 'Lost Ruins'.