Security News

Data exfiltration tool PTP-RAT encodes data in pixel colour values
2017-11-10 17:35

How to exfiltrate data from a machine that doesn’t have file transfer capabilities or whose Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connection has been locked down, making it impossible to send files?...

Supply Chain Attack Spreads macOS RAT
2017-10-20 11:52

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
2017-09-22 16:43

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
2017-09-13 12:48

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)
2017-09-06 03:49

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)
2017-09-01 20:45

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)
2017-09-01 11:10

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)
2017-07-27 13:55

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)
2017-07-26 23:54

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)
2017-07-26 22:41

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...