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Pakistan-Linked Hackers Expand Targets in India with CurlBack RAT and Spark RAT
2025-04-14 06:55

A threat actor with ties to Pakistan has been observed targeting various sectors in India with various remote access trojans like Xeno RAT, Spark RAT, and a previously undocumented malware family...

Scattered Spider stops the Rickrolls, starts the RAT race
2025-04-08 12:45

Despite arrests, eight-legged menace targeted more victims this year Despite several arrests last year, Scattered Spider's social engineering attacks are continuing into 2025 as the cybercrime...

We Smell a (DC)Rat: Revealing a Sophisticated Malware Delivery Chain
2025-04-01 17:30

A RAR file, a fake summons, and a Nietzsche quote—all part of a multi-stage malware chain delivering DCRat & Rhadamanthys. Acronis TRU breaks down how attackers use VBS, batch, and PowerShell...

Russia-Linked Gamaredon Uses Troop-Related Lures to Deploy Remcos RAT in Ukraine
2025-03-31 09:30

Entities in Ukraine have been targeted as part of a phishing campaign designed to distribute a remote access trojan called Remcos RAT. "The file names use Russian words related to the movement of...

CERT-UA Warns: Dark Crystal RAT Targets Ukrainian Defense via Malicious Signal Messages
2025-03-20 06:08

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of a new campaign that targets the defense sectors with Dark Crystal RAT (aka DCRat). The campaign, detected earlier this...

Hackers Exploit Severe PHP Flaw to Deploy Quasar RAT and XMRig Miners
2025-03-19 15:52

Threat actors are exploiting a severe security flaw in PHP to deliver cryptocurrency miners and remote access trojans (RATs) like Quasar RAT. The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier...

Microsoft Warns of StilachiRAT: A Stealthy RAT Targeting Credentials and Crypto Wallets
2025-03-18 07:00

Microsoft is calling attention to a novel remote access trojan (RAT) named StilachiRAT that it said employs advanced techniques to sidestep detection and persist within target environments with an...

Microsoft: New RAT malware used for crypto theft, reconnaissance
2025-03-17 18:59

​Microsoft has discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) that employs "sophisticated techniques" to avoid detection, ensure persistence, and extract sensitive information data. [...]

ClickFix attack delivers infostealers, RATs in fake Booking.com emails
2025-03-13 15:00

Microsoft is warning that an ongoing phishing campaign impersonating Booking.com is using ClickFix social engineering attacks to infect hospitality workers with various malware, including...

Blind Eagle Hacks Colombian Institutions Using NTLM Flaw, RATs and GitHub-Based Attacks
2025-03-11 14:35

The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has been linked to a series of ongoing campaigns targeting Colombian institutions and government entities since November 2024. "The monitored campaigns...