Darkcomet rat virus

As the title reveals, it is a remote administration tool which allows a remote user to control multiple machines from a distance. If the software is installed on multiple computers, the network can be controlled remotely and used in deploying online attacks on any website. In other words, this software tool breaches any security and privacy rule and for a company it is nothing but a total disaster.

Though antivirus products can detect the initial code, in the latest malware attacks we have encountered hackers that encrypt and pack the main tool to avoid antivirus detection. For this reason, antivirus products need to focus their detection capabilities not only on the main malicious code but also on the packer or encrypting tool which hides the trojan. Though DarkComet RAT builders have discontinued interrupted support for this malicious tool, this software is still sold in the underground malware market and we will continue to hear about it in the future.

Since time is of the essence, we will give you the mail elements that occur in this latest spear phishing campaign:. As you can see, the e-mail contains a link to Dropbox. If the downloaded file is accessed, the data-stealing software can take the following actions:.

As we mentioned earlier, the main malicious code is hidden by a Cryptor that protects the content from antivirus detection. To complicate the antivirus detection and code analysis, a number of anti-debugging and VM checks have been added that, among other properties, can target VirtualBox : VBoxHook.

Our malware researchers recommend the following security measures to keep your computer safe from a phishing campaign:. To provide the best defense against the major threats in the online environment, we will continue to monitor this threat. This is post Can I contact you? Content strives to be of the highest quality, objective and non-commercial.

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This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Author: Dennis Fisher. Do you know how AV software works? If your answer is no to both or either of these questions then of course you you cannot solve this problem. Have you tried experimenting with free options such as Veil Evasion? I am completely new in crypting but I'd like to start learning it. However I do not know which crypting software I should use to crypt my existing payload.

When I tried using Veil-Evasion it provides me with a new payload that can get behind security walls but I do not understand how to do this with an existing payload. Take your time to look over the code, research the functions and understand the bigger picture.