Trend Micro turns RAT catcher as Taiwan cops cuff hacker

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/25/trend_micro_catches_a_ghost_rat/

By Phil Muncaster
The Register
25th June 2013

Security vendor Trend Micro has embiggened its industry collaboration 
credentials this week after helping Taiwanese police arrest one man in 
connection with a widespread targeted attack, and teaming up with Interpol 
on a new cyber crime prevention centre.

The targeted attack in question used the notorious Ghost remote access 
Trojan (RAT) to steal data from thousands of individuals and SMBs, 
according to the vendor.

Using classic email spear phishing techniques, the attacker tricked users 
into clicking on a malicious link in an email pretending to come from the 
Taiwan Bureau of National Health Insurance.

This would take them to a separate site and automatically download a 
legitimate looking RAR file.

[...]



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