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‘DarkWatchman’ RAT Shows Evolution in Fileless Malware

16

Dec

2021

A novel remote access trojan (RAT) being distributed via a Russian-language spear-phishing campaign is using unique manipulation of Windows Registry to evade most security detections, demonstrating a significant evolution in fileless malware techniques. Dubbed DarkWatchman, the RAT – discovered by researchers at Prevailion’s Adversarial Counterintelligence Team (PACT) – uses the registry on Windows systems for […]

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Threat Actors Abuse Discord to Push Malware

22

Oct

2021

Threat actors are abusing the core features of the popular Discord digital communication platform to persistently deliver various types of malware—in particular remote access trojans (RATs) that can take over systems–putting its 150 million users at risk, researchers have found. RiskIQ and CheckPoint both discovered multi-functional malware being sent in messages across the platform, which […]

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Activision Warns of Remote-Access Trojans Hidden Within Fake ‘Call of Duty’ Cheat Tools

06

Apr

2021

Video game publisher Activision has warned the gaming community of hidden RAT Trojans masquerading as Call of Duty cheat tools. The company behind Call of Duty: Warzone and the popular Guitar Hero series said it examined the hacking tool that was promoted for use against gamers on multiple hacking forums. According to a recent report, […]

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