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![Malware Creator Admits to Building and Selling LuminosityLink RAT](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
A Kentucky man admitted in a U.S. court to developing and distributing the remote access Trojan known as LuminosityLink. read more
![‘LuminosityLink RAT’ Author Pleads Guilty](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-stats-small.jpg)
A 21-year-old Kentucky man has pleaded guilty to authoring and distributing a popular hacking tool called "LuminosityLink," a malware strain that security experts say was used by thousands of...
![Money-eating cash machine RAT gobbles $17,500](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybercrime-statistics-small.jpg)
RAT may be short for Remote Access Trojan, but the word also refers to a well-known type of rodent...
![APT15 Pokes Its Head Out With Upgraded MirageFox RAT](/static/build/img/news/alt/ransomware-statistic-small.jpg)
This is the first evidence of the China-linked threat actor's activity since hacked the U.K. government and military in 2017 (which wasn't made public until 2018).
![Hidden Cobra Strikes Again with Custom RAT, SMB Malware](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
The North Korean-sponsored actors are targeting sensitive and proprietary information, and the malware could disrupt regular operations and disable systems and files.
![Hacked Drupal Sites Deliver Miners, RATs, Scams](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-stats-small.jpg)
The Drupal websites hacked by cybercriminals using the vulnerabilities known as Drupalgeddon2 and Drupalgeddon3 deliver cryptocurrency miners, remote administration tools (RATs) and tech support...
![LoJack security code hijacked by Fancy Bear to rat on tis prey](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybercrime-statistics-small.jpg)
Computer recovery code plays double agent on users LoJack software, designed to rat on computer thieves, appears to be serving a double purpose by also working with a Russian state-sponsored hacking team.…
![NetSupport Manager RAT Spread via Fake Updates](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-statistics-1-small.jpg)
A campaign that has been active for the past few months has been leveraging compromised websites to spread fake software updates that in some cases delivered the NetSupport Manager remote access...
![Qrypter RAT Hits Hundreds of Organizations Worldwide](/static/build/img/news/alt/cloud-cybersecurity-statistics-small.jpg)
Hundreds of organizations all around the world have been targeted in a series of attacks that leverage the Qrypter remote access Trojan (RAT), security firm Forcepoint says. The malware, often...
!['NanoCore RAT' Developer Gets 33-Month Prison Sentence](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyber-threat-stats-small.jpg)
Arkansas Man Admits Developing, Selling Software Intended for Malicious UseArkansas developer Taylor Huddleston has been sentenced to serve more than two years in prison for developing, marketing...