Security News

Orcus RAT Campaign Targets Bitcoin Investors
2017-12-08 16:22

In an attempt to benefit from the recent spike in the value of Bitcoin, the authors of a remote access Trojan have started targeting Bitcoin investors with their malicious software, Fortinet has...

RAT Distributed Via Google Drive Targets East Asia
2017-11-30 17:02

Researchers say a new remote access Trojan dubbed UBoatRAT is targeting individuals or organizations linked to South Korea or video games industry.

New Custom RAT Hits Targets in East Asia
2017-11-29 19:56

A newly discovered custom remote access Trojan (RAT) has been used in attacks on personnel or organizations related to South Korea and the video gaming industry, Palo Alto Networks reveal. read more

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