- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 31st, 2016
Unsophisticated Revenge RAT Released Online for Free EXCLUSIVE
RAT is still in its early stages of development
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 30th, 2016
Spam Wave Delivers New Ozone RAT
German-speaking users targeted with new spam wave
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 18th, 2016
Aveo Trojan Used in Attacks Against Japanese Users
Malware uses C&C servers hosted in the US, has links to previous malware family named FormerFirstRAT
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 17th, 2016
Adwind RAT Rebrands Yet Again, This Time as JBifrost
JBifrost returns with new website, Bitcoin-only payments
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 16th, 2016
Backdoor Trojan Uses TeamViewer Components to Spy on PCs in Europe, Russia, US
Crooks also delivering keyloggers and password stealers
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 11th, 2016
Shade Ransomware Adds RAT Features to Spy on High-Value Victims
Crooks use RAT to assess the financial status of infected victims and decide on how much money to ask for
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 6th, 2016
New Android RAT Targeting Users in China
Infections might be part of a cyber-espionage campaign
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 5th, 2016
New Remcos RAT Available for Purchase on Underground Hacking Forums
Another option added to today's commodity malware
- Cyber Espionage
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 4th, 2016
Kazakhstan Government Uses Malware to Spy on Journalists and Political Activists
EFF exposes threat group operating for Kazakhstan regime
- Cyber Espionage
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 4th, 2016
Chinese APT Deploys NanHaiShu RAT Against International Adversaries
Most of the targets were located in the Philippines
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 4th, 2016
Nigerian Scammers Evolve with the Times, Move On to BEC and RATs
SecureWorks uncovers Nigerian WWG1 threat group
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 27th, 2016
ISIS Sympathizers Spied On Using Trojanized Android App
Somebody is targeting ISIS fanboys using Android malware
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 24th, 2016
Adwind RAT Affects Macs, but It's Almost Useless
Adwind author still has a lot of work ahead of him
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 8th, 2016
Teen DDoSer Blames Bomb Threats on His Computer Being Infected with an RAT
Teen may have ties to the Anonymous hacking group
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 6th, 2016
Meet Orcus, Latest Addition to the RAT Market EXCLUSIVE
Orcus RAT peddled on underground hacking forums
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 5th, 2016
New Malware Uses Tor to Open Backdoor on Mac OS X Systems
Macs targeted with new Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor trojan
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 4th, 2016
New Adwind RAT Campaign with Zero AV Detection Targets Businesses in Denmark
Campaign could expand to other countries at any moment