Posts Tagged ‘rats’

Remote Access Tool Takes Aim with Android APK Binder

Jul

2013

In a previous blog, we talked about the rise of remote access tools (RAT) written in Java that are capable of running on multiple operating systems. With the growing popularity of the Android operating system, it comes as no surprise that the Android OS is the latest target and is not immune to RATs. Since […]

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RARSTONE Found In Targeted Attacks

Jun

2013

Earlier in February we blogged about RARSTONE, a Remote Access Tool (RAT) that we discovered having some similar characteristics to PlugX, an older and more well-known RAT. In April, the same malware family used the Boston Marathon bombing as part of its social engineering bait.Since then, we’ve been looking out for further attacks using RARSTONE. We’ve seen […]

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Anonymous Releases ‘Warhead’ via #OpLastResort

Jan

2013

There has been a great explosion of chatter in the last day around Anonymous’ “Operation Last Resort” (a.k.a. #OpLastResort).The entities behind the various “official” communications around this operation have a sense of humor that we must point out (especially because if you don’t catch it, you will end up wiping your disk).BackgroundIn typical fashion with […]

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