Some of those who received the letters conjecture that it may be because they purchased the LuminosityLink RAT.
Tag Archives: RAT
21-year-old spy tool developer faces prison
Luminosity RAT sold for as little as $39.99 and could spy, steal passwords, mine cryptocurrency, and launch DDoSes.
Money-eating cash machine RAT gobbles $17,500
RAT may be short for Remote Access Trojan, but the word also refers to a well-known type of rodent…
PageFair analytics hacked and used to distribute malware on Halloween
For 83 minutes the PageFair analytics service was compromised by hackers. The network was used to seed customer websites with malicious code that prompted users to download a Trojan posing as Adobe Flash.
Blackshades webcam voyeur spared jail over stolen webcam images
A hacker who used the BlackShades malware to spy on unsuspecting victims has been given a suspended jail term and ordered to do community service.
Webcam spy sends couple photos of previous night’s Netflix snuggle session
Unbeknown to the couple, they were actually sharing their movie night with a spy who was watching them via the webcam on their laptop.
Google profits from YouTube RAT infestation, says consumer group
YouTube has thousands of videos on stealing images and spreading malware, along with examples of stolen streams from “slave” devices.
Blackshades RAT co-author sentenced to 57 months in prison
Alex Yucel, co-creator of the Blackshades Remote Access Trojan (RAT), has been sentenced for selling and distributing the malware since 2010.
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Linux Australia gets pwned, rooted, RATted and botted
Linux Australia had a bit of a nightmare Easter Weekend. While the rest of us were loafing at the beach, the Penguinistas from Down Under were owning up to a pretty extensive cyberintrusion.