Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In July 2016, KrebsOnSecurity published a story identifying a Toronto man as the author of the Orcus RAT , a software product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. This week, Canadian authorities criminally charged him with orchestrating an international malware scheme.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

As first detailed by KrebsOnSecurity in July 2016 , Orcus is the brainchild of John “Armada” Rezvesz , a Toronto resident who until recently maintained and sold the RAT under the company name Orcus Technologies. An advertisement for Orcus RAT. In an “official press release” posted to pastebin.com on Mar.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In 2016, researchers from non-profit organization CitizenLab published a report that describes a campaign of targeted spyware attacks carried by the Stealth Falcon. The Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) service is a built-in component of the Microsoft Windows operating system.

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