A week in security (August 1 – 7)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Have we lost the fight for data privacy? Lock and Code S03E16 Wrestling star Mick Foley’s Twitter compromised, selling PS5 consoles Millions of Arris routers are vulnerable to path traversal attacks When a sextortion victim fights back How to protect yourself and...

Woody RAT leverages Follina to target Russia

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The unknown threat actor employs the Woody RAT to spear-phish Russian organizations. The malware was distributed via archive files and later switched to Microsoft Office documents leveraging the now-patched...

New Woody RAT Malware Being Used to Target Russian Organizations

An unknown threat actor has been targeting Russian entities with a newly discovered remote access trojan called Woody RAT for at least a year as part of a spear-phishing campaign. The advanced custom backdoor is said to be delivered via either of two methods: archive files or Microsoft Office...

Woody RAT: A new feature-rich malware spotted in the wild

This blog post was authored by Ankur Saini and Hossein Jazi The Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team has identified a new Remote Access Trojan we are calling Woody Rat that has been in the wild for at least one year. This advanced custom Rat is mainly the work of a threat actor that targets...