A recent malicious email campaign has been spreading a new feature-rich remote access trojan, known as Nerbian RAT.
This malware campaign sends messages impersonating the World Health Organization (WHO). Victims are encouraged to download and open a Microsoft Word document that claims to contain important COVID-19 information, but actually uses malicious macros to install and run the trojan.
Nerbian RAT is written in Go, making it cross-platform, and includes features like the ability to track your keystrokes and capture screenshots. It also encrypts its communications with the command-and-control server.
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