- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 12th, 2016
Trochilus RAT Evades Antivirus Detection, Used for Cyber-Espionage in South-East Asia
New RAT makes its debut on the cyber-espionage stage
- 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
- 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
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 5th, 2015
OmniRAT Lets Hackers Control Android Phones, Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs
OmniRAT detected in action in Germany, being spread via SMS
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 31st, 2015
Police Arrest DroidJack Android RAT Users in Pan-European Raids
Only DroidJack buyers were arrested, not its authors
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 29th, 2015
Iran Interested in RATs (Remote Access Trojans) Targeting Android Devices
Iranian hackers seek help for Android RATs on hacking forums
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 9th, 2015
Undetectable Moker RAT Targets Windows-Based Corporate Networks
Moker remote access trojan comes with anti-sandboxing features, VM evasion, and screenshot capabilities
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 8th, 2015
Multi-Platform RAT AlienSpy Is Hurled at Both Consumers and Large Enterprises
Entities in financial, energy and government sector impacted
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 30th, 2015
DarkComet RAT Used Against Architecture Companies in Denmark
Cybercriminals rely on Dropbox account to store the malware
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 19th, 2015
Developer of Blackshades RAT Pleads Guilty, Faces 10 Years in Prison
The second developer is also awaiting his sentence
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 20th, 2015
League of Legends, Path of Exile Official Releases Laced with Remote Access Trojan
Infected game launcher replaced with valid one after infection
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- December 30th, 2014
Havex RAT Authors Self-Sign Malware to Appear from IBM, 64-Bit Version Spotted
Threat actors are expected to continue to modify the threat
- Editorials
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 6th, 2014
Cyber-Espionage Havex Malware Is More Pervasive than Initially Thought
Havex RAT has been used in multiple spying campaigns
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 27th, 2014
Dropbox Used by Trojan to Update Command and Control Settings
Remote access tool has delay time to start its activity
- Hacking News
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 24th, 2014
Havex RAT Aims at Industrial Control Systems
Trojanized ICS software available straight from the manufacturer