- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 20th, 2016
New Malware Mangit Surfaces as Banking-Trojan-as-a-Service
Made-in-Brazil Mangit trojan is rented to other crooks
- Cyber Espionage
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 7th, 2016
US Visa Applicants Targets of Espionage Campaign with Qarallax RAT
Threat actors used RAT bought off the Internet
- Cyber Espionage
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 5th, 2016
Pakistan Resumes Cyber-Espionage Operations Against India
Pakistan-linked APT uses BreachRAT against Indian officials
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 9th, 2016
Lost Door Remote Access Trojan Distributed via Facebook, YouTube, Blogspot
Brazen malware developer doesn't try to hide his activity
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 22nd, 2016
Malware Coders Find the Perfect Technique to Help RATs Avoid Detection
Crooks use fileless malware combined with steganography
- Spyware Threats
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 22nd, 2016
Poison Ivy RAT Receives Update Just in Time to Spy on Hong Kong Protesters
Pro-democracy groups targeted with old Poison Ivy RAT
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 7th, 2016
Indian Officials Under a Barrage of Ongoing Cyber-Attacks
Security researchers discover a rare ongoing cyber-espionage campaign targeting Indian diplomatic and military personnel
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 9th, 2016
Adwind RAT Bought by 1,800 Criminals and Used Against 443,000 Victims
Shifty RAT takes five different names to avoid takedown
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 1st, 2016
Second Blackshades RAT Developer Gets 5 Years of Probation REUTERS
Blackshades co-creators gets off easy, no jail time
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 21st, 2016
Fraud Campaign Uses RATs Against Companies in US, UK, and India
Crooks were using Backdoor.Breut and Trojan.Nancrat RATs
- Cyber Espionage
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 23rd, 2015
Russian Organizations Targeted in Recent Cyber-Espionage Campaigns
Common sense says that China is behind the attacks
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 15th, 2015
Europol Arrests 12 Suspects Across Europe for Using Remote Access Trojans (RATs)
Arrest were made in France, Norway and Romania
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 14th, 2015
Meet Pupy, a Brand New In-Memory Remote Access Tool (RAT)
Pupy is a RAT that works on Windows, Linux, and Mac
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 12th, 2015
Latentbot Is the Next Step in Evolution for Stealthy Backdoors
Backdoor bot manages to remain hidden for two years
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 9th, 2015
South American Cyber-Espionage Group Threatens Security Researchers Analyzing Their Trail
Group targeted politicians, journalists, and dissidents
- Spyware Threats
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 24th, 2015
GlassRAT Remote Access Trojan Detected Spying on Chinese Businessmen
GlassRAT spyware goes undetected for three years
- Spyware Threats
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 10th, 2015
Egyptian Hacker Creates KillerRat Spying Tool Out of the Ashes of njRAT
New KillerRat RAT gives attackers full control over victims