What Is Net Wire
Netwire Is a Remote Access Trojan (Rat) Malware That Has Been Widely Used for Many Year's. Recently, Fortiguard Labs Noticed a Malware Spreading via Phishing...
NetWire is a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) malware that has been widely used for many years. Recently, FortiGuard Labs noticed a malware spreading via phishing email, and during the analysis on it, we discovered that it was a new variant of NetWire RAT.
What is NetWire Trojan?
NetWire is a publicly available, multi-platform Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that is designed to target victims on Windows®, MacOS®, and Linux®. This threat has been distributed in phishing campaigns via weaponized Microsoft® documents, PDFs containing download links, and archive files containing payloads.
What is off the shelf malware?
The malware used to steal the personal data of 70 million Target customers was an altered version of an “off-the-shelf” hacker tool known as “BlackPOS” that apparently was used to infect the computer networks of six other retailers, a computer security firm reported Friday.