remote access trojan
Police disrupts Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, and Elysium malware operations
Law enforcement authorities from nine countries have taken down over 1,000 servers used by the Rhadamanthys infolstealer, VenomRAT, and Elysium botnet malware operations in the latest phase of Operation Endgame, an international action targeting cybercrime. The joint action, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, was also supported by multiple private partners, including Cryptolaemus, Shadowserver, Spycloud, Cymru, Proofpoint, CrowdStrike, […]
New Atroposia malware comes with a local vulnerability scanner
A new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform named Atroposia provides cybercriminals a remote access trojan that combines capabilities for persistent access, evasion, data theft, and local vulnerability scanning. The malware is available for a $200 monthly subscription that unlocks advanced features such as hidden remote desktop, file system control, data exfiltration, clipboard theft, credential theft, cryptocurrency wallet theft, […]
PhantomCaptcha ClickFix attack targets Ukraine war relief orgs
A spearphishing attack that lasted a single day targeted members of the Ukrainian regional government administration and organizations critical for the war relief effort in Ukraine, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, UNICEF, and various NGOs. Dubbed PhantomCaptcha, the one-day campaign attempted to trick victims into running commands used in ClickFix attacks, disguised as […]
Android malware uses VNC to give attackers hands-on access
A new Android banking and remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed Klopatra disguised as an IPTV and VPN app has infected more than 3,000 devices across Europe. Klopatra is described as a powerful trojan that can monitor the screen in real time, capture input, simulate gesture navigation, and features a hidden Virtual Network Computing (VNC) mode. Researchers at […]
Interlock ransomware adopts FileFix method to deliver malware
Hackers have adopted the new technique called ‘FileFix’ in Interlock ransomware attacks to drop a remote access trojan (RAT) on targeted systems. Interlock ransomware operations have increased over the past months as the threat actor started using the KongTuke web injector (aka ‘LandUpdate808’) to deliver payloads through compromised websites. This shift in modus operandi was observed by researchers […]
Supply chain attack hits Gluestack NPM packages with 960K weekly downloads
A significant supply chain attack hit NPM after 16 popular Gluestack ‘react-native-aria’ packages with over 950,000 weekly downloads were compromised to include malicious code that acts as a remote access trojan (RAT). GeekFeed determined that the compromise began on June 6 at 4:33 PM EST, when a new version of the react-native-aria/focus package was published to NPM. Since […]
Interlock ransomware gang deploys new NodeSnake RAT on universities
The Interlock ransomware gang is deploying a previously undocumented remote access trojan (RAT) named NodeSnake against educational institutes for persistent access to corporate networks. QuorumCyber researchers report seeing NodeSnake’s deployment in at least two cases targeting universities in the UK in January and March 2025. The two malware samples significantly differ, indicating active development to […]
Supply chain attack hits npm package with 45,000 weekly downloads
An npm package named ‘rand-user-agent’ has been compromised in a supply chain attack to inject obfuscated code that activates a remote access trojan (RAT) on the user’s system. The ‘rand-user-agent‘ package is a tool that generates randomized user-agent strings, which is helpful in web scraping, automated testing, and security research. Although the package has been […]
Malicious PyPi package hides RAT malware, targets Discord devs since 2022
A malicious Python package targeting Discord developers with remote access trojan (RAT) malware was spotted on the Python Package Index (PyPI) after more than three years. Named “discordpydebug,” the package was masquerading as an error logger utility for developers working on Discord bots and was downloaded over 11,000 times since it was uploaded on March 21, 2022, even […]
Chinese hackers target Russian govt with upgraded RAT malware
Chinese-speaking IronHusky hackers are targeting Russian and Mongolian government organizations using upgraded MysterySnail remote access trojan (RAT) malware. Security researchers at Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) spotted the updated implant while investigating recent attacks where the attackers deployed the RAT malware using a malicious MMC script camouflaged as a Word document, which downloaded second-stage […]