Borat RAT
Summary
A potent malware threat named Borat RAT has been caught being offered for sale on underground hacker forums. The particular piece of malware was analyzed by the infosec experts at Cybele Research Labs, who discovered that Borat is equipped with numerous threatening capabilities that go beyond the scope of a typical RAT (Remote Access Trojan). The Borat RAT possesses the typical functions related to establishing and maintaining an unauthorized remote connection to the breached device. The threat also can initiate multiple data-capture and information-collecting routines, such as recording audio footage via the systems microphone or video, through the camera. The threat also can be instructed to carry out DDoS (Distributed-Denial-of-Service) attacks to disrupt the operations of targets chosen by the hackers.
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