Hackers Are Distributing Backdoored ‘Cobian RAT’ Hacking tool For Free

Nothing is free in this world.

If you are searching for free ready-made hacking tools on the Internet, then beware—most freely available tools, claiming to be the swiss army knife for hackers, are nothing but a hoax.

Last year, we reported about one such Facebook hacking tool that actually had the capability to hack a Facebook account, but yours and not the one you desire to hack.
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How Just Opening A Malicious PowerPoint File Could Compromise Your PC

A few months back we reported how opening a simple MS Word file could compromise your computer using a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Office.

The Microsoft Office remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2017-0199) resided in the Windows Object L… Continue reading How Just Opening A Malicious PowerPoint File Could Compromise Your PC

Creator of NanoCore RAT Pleads Guilty to Aiding CyberCriminals

A programmer who was arrested in March this year—not because he hacked someone, but because he created and distributed a remote access software that helped cyber criminals—has finally pleaded guilty.

Taylor Huddleston, 26, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal charges of aiding and abetting computer intrusions for intentionally selling a remote access tool (RAT), called

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Adwind RAT Returns! Cross-Platform Malware Targeting Aerospace Industries

Hackers and cyber criminals are becoming dramatically more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day.

While other operating systems are more widely in use, cybercriminals have now shifted from traditional activities to more clandestine tec… Continue reading Adwind RAT Returns! Cross-Platform Malware Targeting Aerospace Industries

New RAT Targets Koreans And Is Skilled At Evading Detection

Cisco Talos researchers spot a stealthy new remote administration tool calling ROKRAT that targets Korean-language Microsoft Word alternative Hangul Word Processor. Continue reading New RAT Targets Koreans And Is Skilled At Evading Detection

New fileless malware uses DNS to pull down instructions

A new, very stealthy malware variant uses the internet’s address directory to covertly pull down commands from its authors, which then are directly implemented by victimized computers — leaving no trace on the hard drive for digital detectives to analyze. DNSMessenger, as the malware’s been dubbed by threat researchers at Talos Group, was initially discovered by a researcher with the Twitter handle @simpo13. He tweeted at Talos about his discovery after discovering that the source code of a portion of the malware contained a character string that decoded as: “SourceFireSux.” SourceFire was the original name of one of the components of the Talos Group, which is now part of Cisco. DNSMessenger is a remote access tool, or RAT — malware that enables an attacker to take control of an infected machine. Talos researchers highlighted the malware’s exceptional stealth, attributing it to “an attacker who has taken significant measures to avoid detection.” The […]

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