Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Credential and cryptocurrency theft, live surveillance, ransomware - an attacker's Swiss Army knife A new remote access trojan (RAT) being sold on cybercrime networks enables double extortion attacks on Windows machines by bundling ransomware and data theft, along with credential and cryptocurrency stealers, live surveillance, and a whole host of other illicit capabilities, all controllable from a centralized dashboard.…

Novel malware adapts delivers DDoS attacks and provides RAT functionality Incident responders say they've found a new type of multi-platform malware abusing the New Kind of Network (NKN) protocol.…

Smells like Russian miscreants A type of cryptomining malware targeting Linux-based systems has added capabilities by incorporating an open source remote access trojan called Chaos RAT with several advanced functions that bad guys can use to control remote operating systems.…