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![Maker of LuminosityLink RAT gets 30 months in the clink](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybercrime-statistics-small.jpg)
Prosecutors said that the 21-year-old LuminosityLink author had no respect for the law and showed contempt for moral rules and social norms.
![LuminosityLink RAT Author Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-breach-stats-small.jpg)
The maker of the LuminosityLink remote access Trojan (RAT) was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, the United States Department of Justice announced this week. read more
![Adwind RAT Scurries By AV Software With New DDE Variant](/static/build/img/news/alt/DDoS-small.jpg)
The spam campaign mostly targets victims in Turkey and Germany.
![Legitimate RATs Pose Serious Risk to Industrial Systems](/static/build/img/news/alt/mac-stats-small.jpg)
Remote administration tools (RATs) installed for legitimate purposes in operational technology (OT) networks can pose a serious security risk, allowing malicious actors to abuse them in attacks...
![Cisco smells a RAT in Breaking Security's Remcos tool](/static/build/img/news/alt/breach-statistics-small.jpg)
Researchers say pentesting software being used for botnets Cisco Talos says criminals are using one research company's testing tools to set up and run botnets.…
![Unique Malspam Campaign Uses MS Publisher to Drop a RAT on Banks](/static/build/img/news/alt/IoT-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
A new email campaign includes a Microsoft Office Publisher file with malicious URLs leading to the FlawedAmmyy RAT.
![Highly Sophisticated Parasite RAT Emerges on the Dark Web](/static/build/img/news/alt/web-stats-small.jpg)
This brand-new RAT represents the latest escalation in an ongoing malware arms race that extends even to commodity malware.
![Parasite HTTP RAT Packs Extensive Protection Mechanisms](/static/build/img/news/alt/IoT-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
A newly discovered remote access Trojan (RAT) dubbed Parasite HTTP includes a broad range of protections, including sandbox detection, anti-debugging, anti-emulation, and more, Proofpoint reports....
![Massive Malspam Campaign Finds a New Vector for FlawedAmmyy RAT](/static/build/img/news/alt/web-statistics-small.jpg)
Hundreds of thousands of emails are delivering weaponized PDFs containing malicious SettingContent-ms files.
![RATs Bite Ukraine in Ongoing Espionage Campaign](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-statistics-small.jpg)
An ongoing espionage campaign aimed at Ukraine is leveraging three different remote access Trojans (RATs), ESET security researchers warn. read more