July 2023’s Most Wanted Malware: Remote Access Trojan (RAT) Remcos Climbs to Third Place while Mobile Malware Anubis Returns to Top Spot
Researchers found that Remcos moved to third place after threat actors created fake websites last month to spread malicious downloaders carrying the RAT.
- Researchers found that Remcos moved to third place after threat actors created fake websites last month to spread malicious downloaders carrying the RAT.
- Meanwhile, mobile banking Trojan Anubis knocked relative newcomer SpinOk from top spot on the mobile malware list, and Education/Research was the most impacted industry.
- Remcos is a RAT first seen in the wild in 2016 and is regularly distributed through malicious Microsoft documents or downloaders.
- Last month Anubis took first place in the most prevalent Mobile malware, followed by SpinOk and AhMyth.