Chaos RAT Malware Targets Windows and Linux via Fake Network Tool Downloads

Threat hunters are calling attention to a new variant of a remote access trojan RAT called Chaos RAT that has been used in recent attacks targeting Windows and Linux systems. According to findings from Acronis, the malware artifact may have been distributed by tricking victims into downloading a...

Fake DocuSign, Gitcode Sites Spread NetSupport RAT via Multi-Stage PowerShell Attack

Threat hunters are alerting to a new campaign that employs deceptive websites to trick unsuspecting users into executing malicious PowerShell scripts on their machines and infect them with the NetSupport RAT malware. The DomainTools Investigations DTI team said it identified "malicious multi-stag...

Interlock Ransomware Deploys New NodeSnake RAT in UK Attacks

Quorum Cyber identifies two new NodeSnake RAT variants, strongly attributed to Interlock ransomware, impacting UK higher education and local government...

New Windows RAT Evades Detection for Weeks Using Corrupted DOS and PE Headers

Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off an unusual cyber attack that leveraged malware with corrupted DOS and PE headers, according to new findings from Fortinet. The DOS Disk Operating System and PE Portable Executable headers are essential parts of a Windows PE file, providing...

Cybercriminals Clone Antivirus Site to Spread Venom RAT and Steal Crypto Wallets

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new malicious campaign that uses a fake website advertising antivirus software from Bitdefender to dupe victims into downloading a remote access trojan called Venom RAT. The campaign indicates a "clear intent to target individuals for financial gain by...

CVE-2022-31510

The sergeKashkin/Simple-RAT repository before 2022-05-03 on GitHub allows absolute path traversal because the Flask sendfile function is used unsafely...

Fake Kling AI Facebook Ads Deliver RAT Malware to Over 22 Million Potential Victims

Counterfeit Facebook pages and sponsored ads on the social media platform are being employed to direct users to fake websites masquerading as Kling AI with the goal of tricking victims into downloading malware. Kling AI is an artificial intelligence AI-powered platform to synthesize images and...

Fileless Remcos RAT Delivered via LNK Files and MSHTA in PowerShell-Based Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new malware campaign that makes use of a PowerShell-based shellcode loader to deploy a remote access trojan called Remcos RAT. "Threat actors delivered malicious LNK files embedded within ZIP archives, often disguised as Office documents," Qualys...

Fileless Execution: PowerShell Based Shellcode Loader Executes Remcos RAT

Cybercriminals are progressively turning PowerShell to launch stealthy attacks that evade traditional antivirus and endpoint defenses. By running code directly in memory, these threats leave minimal evidence on disk, making them particularly challenging to detect. A recent example is Remcos RAT, ...

Fileless Remcos RAT Attack Evades Antivirus Using PowerShell Scripts

A new wave of attacks uses PowerShell and LNK files to secretly install Remcos RAT, enabling full remote…...

Fake SSA Emails Trick Users into Installing ScreenConnect RAT

Cybercriminals are using fake Social Security Administration emails to distribute the ScreenConnect RAT Remote Access Trojan and compromise…...

Nebulous Mantis Targets NATO-Linked Entities with Multi-Stage Malware Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a Russian-speaking cyber espionage group called Nebulous Mantis that has deployed a remote access trojan known as RomCom RAT since mid-2022. RomCom "employs advanced evasion techniques, including living-off-the-land LOTL tactics and encrypted command a...

Chinese APT IronHusky Deploys Updated MysterySnail RAT on Russia

Kaspersky researchers report the reappearance of MysterySnail RAT, a malware linked to Chinese IronHusky APT, targeting Mongolia and…...

IronHusky updates the forgotten MysterySnail RAT to target Russia and Mongolia

Day after day, threat actors create new malware to use in cyberattacks. Each of these new implants is developed in its own way, and as a result gets its own destiny – while the use of some malware families is reported for decades, information about others disappears after days, months or several...

Pakistan-Linked Hackers Expand Targets in India with CurlBack RAT and Spark RAT

A threat actor with ties to Pakistan has been observed targeting various sectors in India with various remote access trojans like Xeno RAT, Spark RAT, and a previously undocumented malware family called CurlBack RAT. The activity, detected by SEQRITE in December 2024, targeted Indian entities und...

Neptune RAT Variant Spreads via YouTube to Steal Windows Passwords

A new Neptune RAT variant is being shared via YouTube and Telegram, targeting Windows users to steal passwords and deliver additional malware components...

Russia-Linked Gamaredon Uses Troop-Related Lures to Deploy Remcos RAT in Ukraine

Entities in Ukraine have been targeted as part of a phishing campaign designed to distribute a remote access trojan called Remcos RAT. "The file names use Russian words related to the movement of troops in Ukraine as a lure," Cisco Talos researcher Guilherme Venere said in a report published last...

CERT-UA Warns: Dark Crystal RAT Targets Ukrainian Defense via Malicious Signal Messages

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA is warning of a new campaign that targets the defense sectors with Dark Crystal RAT aka DCRat. The campaign, detected earlier this month, has been found to target both employees of enterprises of the defense-industrial complex and individual...

Hackers Exploit Severe PHP Flaw to Deploy Quasar RAT and XMRig Miners

Threat actors are exploiting a severe security flaw in PHP to deliver cryptocurrency miners and remote access trojans RATs like Quasar RAT. The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-4577, refers to an argument injection vulnerability in PHP affecting Windows-based systems running in...

Dark Caracal Uses Poco RAT to Target Spanish-Speaking Enterprises in Latin America

The threat actor known as Dark Caracal has been attributed to a campaign that deployed a remote access trojan called Poco RAT in attacks targeting Spanish-speaking targets in Latin America in 2024. The findings come from Russian cybersecurity company Positive Technologies, which described the...