A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. The arrest coincided with a seizure of the NetWire sales website by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). While the defendant […]
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09
Mar
2023
A cryptocurrency mining attack targeting the Linux operating system also involved the use of an open source remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed CHAOS. The threat, which was spotted by Trend Micro in November 2022, remains virtually unchanged in all other aspects, including when it comes to terminating competing malware, security software, and deploying the Monero […]
Dubbed Nerbian, the RAT is written in the Go programming language and packs numerous anti-analysis and anti-reversing features. The backdoor uses various open-source Go libraries for its operations and employs encryption routines that help it evade network analysis, Proofpoint says. Starting late April 2022, Proofpoint observed Nerbian RAT being distributed via phishing emails that claim […]
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