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![Supply Chain Attack Spreads macOS RAT](/static/build/img/news/alt/phishing-stats-2-small.jpg)
Proton, a remote access tool (RAT) that emerged in early 2017, has once again compromised a legitimate software’s distribution channel to spread, ESET warns. read more
![Spoofed IRS notice delivers RAT through link updating trick](/static/build/img/news/alt/cloud-cybersecurity-statistics-small.jpg)
The malware delivery trick involving updating links in Word documents is apparently gaining some traction: the latest campaign to use it likely takes the form of fake emails from the Internal...
![New Kedi RAT Uses Gmail to Exfiltrate Data](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-stats-small.jpg)
Kedi RAT Pretends to be a Citrix Utility, Transfers Data Using Gmail read more
![Hackers Are Distributing Backdoored 'Cobian RAT' Hacking tool For Free (The Hackers News)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-statistics-1-small.jpg)
Nothing is free in this world. If you are searching for free ready-made hacking tools on the Internet, then beware—most freely available tools, claiming to be the swiss army knife for hackers, are...
![‘HoeflerText’ Popups Target Browsers With RAT and Locky Ransomware (Threatpost)](/static/build/img/news/alt/ransomware-statistics-small.jpg)
A malware campaign utilizing bogus “HoeflerText” popup warnings is back in full swing targeting Google Chrome and Firefox browsers with Locky ransomware attacks and the NetSupport Manager RAT.
![Backdoored RAT Builder Kit Offered for Free (Security Week)](/static/build/img/news/alt/hackers-statistics-small.jpg)
The builder kit of a remote access Trojan (RAT) that was initially spotted in early 2017 contains a backdoored module, Zscaler reports. read more
![NanoCore RAT Author Pleads Guilty (Security Week)](/static/build/img/news/alt/antivirus-stats-small.jpg)
A Hot Springs, Arkansas man this week pleaded guilty to creating two malicious programs, including the NanoCore RAT (Remote Access Trojan). read more
![Creator of Nanocore RAT Pleads Guilty to Aiding CyberCriminals (The Hackers News)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-attacker-small.jpg)
A programmer who was arrested in March this year—not because he hacked someone, but because he created and distributed a remote access software that helped cyber criminals—has finally pleaded...
![NanoCore RAT creator pleads guilty (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
26-year-old Taylor Huddleston, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, pleaded guilty today to charges of aiding and abetting computer intrusions. According to the statement of facts filed with the plea...
![Adwind RAT Returns! Cross-Platform Malware Targeting Aerospace Industries (The Hackers News)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-statistics-1-small.jpg)
Hackers and cyber criminals are becoming dramatically more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day. While other operating systems are more widely in use, cybercriminals have now...