{"id":46026,"date":"2022-04-04T14:19:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T14:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/33288\/Borat-RAT-Malware-A-Unique-Triple-Threat-That-Is-Far-From-Funny.html"},"modified":"2022-04-04T14:19:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T14:19:57","slug":"borat-rat-malware-a-unique-triple-threat-that-is-far-from-funny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/borat-rat-malware-a-unique-triple-threat-that-is-far-from-funny\/","title":{"rendered":"Borat RAT Malware: A Unique Triple Threat That Is Far From Funny"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) might have an amusing name to some, but its capabilities show the malware to be no laughing matter. <\/p>\n

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Dubbed Borat RAT, Cyble Research Labs said in a recent malware analysis<\/a> that the new threat doesn’t settle for standard remote access capabilities; instead, Borat RAT also includes spyware and ransomware functions.<\/p>\n

According to the cybersecurity researchers, the Trojan, named after the character adopted by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, is offered for sale to cybercriminals in underground forums. <\/p>\n

Borat RAT has a centralized dashboard and is packaged up with a builder, feature modules, and a server certificate. <\/p>\n

The malware’s capabilities are vast and include a keylogger, a ransomware encryption and decryption component — as well as the option for users to generate their own ransom notes — and an optionally distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) feature for “disrupting the normal traffic of a targeted server,” according to Cyble. <\/p>\n

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