Security News

Cisco smells a RAT in Breaking Security's Remcos tool
2018-08-22 16:00

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
2018-08-17 18:47

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
2018-07-26 21:37

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
2018-07-26 18:49

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
2018-07-20 20:57

Hundreds of thousands of emails are delivering weaponized PDFs containing malicious SettingContent-ms files.

RATs Bite Ukraine in Ongoing Espionage Campaign
2018-07-17 17:53

An ongoing espionage campaign aimed at Ukraine is leveraging three different remote access Trojans (RATs), ESET security researchers warn. read more

Malware Creator Admits to Building and Selling LuminosityLink RAT
2018-07-17 16:34

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
2018-07-16 19:09

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
2018-06-26 11:34

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
2018-06-19 21:58

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).