Vitaly Kamluk on the Adwind RAT

Mike Mimoso talks to Kaspersky Lab researcher Vitaly Kamluk who was critical in the discovery of the latest version of the cross-platform Adwind RAT. The remote access Trojan is unique in that it’s written in Java, giving this version—which is also known as Frutas, AlienSpy and JSocket—the...

Researchers Outline New Italian RAT uWarrior

Details have come to light about a new remote access Trojan called uWarrior that arrives embedded in a rigged .RTF document. Researchers with Palo Alto Networks’ research division, Unit 42, described the malware and how it appears to have emanated from an “unknown actor of Italian origin,” in a...

New Evasion Techniques Help AlienSpy RAT Spread Citadel Malware

Hackers have co-opted AlienSpy, a remote access tool, to deliver the Citadel banking Trojan and establish backdoors inside a number of critical infrastructure operations. AlienSpy is a descendent of the Adwind, Unrecom and Frutas Java-based remote access Trojans, according to security company...