Hackers use Remote Access Trojans to gain unauthorized access and control over a victim's computer remotely.
These malicious tools allow hackers to perform various malicious activities like the following without the user's knowledge:-.
Recently, cybersecurity researchers at Cyfirma discovered Silver RAT, which evades anti-virus software to hack Windows machines.
Silver RAT, which is written in C sharp, has the following capabilities:-.
Compounding the problem are zero-day vulnerabilities like the MOVEit SQLi, Zimbra XSS, and 300+ such vulnerabilities that get discovered each month.
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Silver RAT v1.0 was initially seen in November 2023 which has destructive features and a Windows base, but a new version is planned for the following two platforms:-.
'noradlb1' is a known developer with a respected reputation on forums.
The cracked version surfaced in October 2023 on Telegram and GitHub.
Silver RAT's builder allows threat actors to customize payloads up to 50kb. Once connected, the victim's logs appear on the attacker's panel.
The final payload is a Windows executable file delivered through social engineering.
Apart from this, the sale announcement first appeared on the following hacking forums among the several ones:-.
A successful connection grants the attacker control over the target system.
Through the 'Manager' option, they can do the following things:-.
Here below, we have mentioned all the other malicious activities that threat actors can leverage:-.
Here below, we have mentioned all the functionalities of the Silver RAT:-.
Researchers discovered two Telegram channels used by the Silver RAT devs, which show high engagement.
While CYFIRMA finds they use a known Crypto wallet with diverse addresses:-.
Researchers trace PayPal purchases and obtain threat actors' Gmail.
Here below, we have mentioned all the recommendations offered by the cybersecurity analysts:-.
This Cyber News was published on cybersecuritynews.com. Publication date: Tue, 09 Jan 2024 12:25:13 +0000