WogRAT Malware Exploits aNotepad (Windows, Linux)

AhnLab Security intelligence Center (ASEC) has recently discovered the distribution of backdoor malware via aNotepad, a free online notepad platform. Said malware supports both the PE format that targets the Windows system and the ELF format that targets the Linux system. As the threat actor used the string ‘WingOfGod’ during the development of the malware, it is classified as WogRAT.

Figure 1. aNotepad platform used in the attack

1. Distribution Cases

It is assumed that the WogRAT has continuously been …

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