Oh RATs! - How Guardio found a way to detect the nastiest of scams

By Nati Tal (Guardio Labs) & Efrat Tabibi (Guardio Security)

Guardio has uncovered a super-sophisticated, “long-con” scam, known as RAT Scam (Remote Access Tools), that exploits some very dangerous loopholes in corporate-grade software. These scams are brutally parasitic, in that they’re not one off, single attacks. They are sustained campaigns, designed to bleed victims dry of savings and assets. Adding to that, our data shows that 1 out of 5 remote access tools being downloaded are …

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