‘Top 10’ malware strain, Remcos RAT, now exploiting Microsoft Excel files A new phishing campaign that exploits a high-severity bug from 2017 has been discovered in the wild spreading a new variant of the Remcos remote access trojan (RAT), which was among the Top Ten malware strains of 2021. In Read more…
Cybercriminals Use Excel Exploit to Spread Fileless Remcos RAT Malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign that spreads a new fileless variant of known commercial malware called Remcos RAT. Remcos RAT “provides purchases with a wide range of advanced features to remotely control computers belonging to the buyer,” Read more…
Cybercriminals Exploit CrowdStrike Update Mishap to Distribute Remcos RAT Malware Jul 20, 2024NewsroomMalware / IT Outage Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which is facing the heat for causing worldwide IT disruptions by pushing out a flawed update to Windows devices, is now warning that threat actors are exploiting the situation to distribute Read more…
New IDAT Loader Attacks Using Steganography to Deploy Remcos RAT Ukrainian entities based in Finland have been targeted as part of a malicious campaign distributing a commercial remote access trojan known as Remcos RAT using a malware loader called IDAT Loader. The attack has been attributed to a threat actor Read more…
Remcos RAT Spreading Through Adult Games in New Attack Wave Jan 16, 2024NewsroomBotnet / Malware The remote access trojan (RAT) known as Remcos RAT has been found being propagated via webhards by disguising it as adult-themed games in South Korea. WebHard, short for web hard drive, is a popular online Read more…
UAC-0050 Group Using New Phishing Tactics to Distribute Remcos RAT Jan 04, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Malware The threat actor known as UAC-0050 is leveraging phishing attacks to distribute Remcos RAT using new strategies to evade detection from security software. “The group’s weapon of choice is Remcos RAT, a notorious malware Read more…