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First Remote-Access Trojan That Can Target Android, Linux, Mac and Windows

Posted by timothy on from the so-versatile dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Hackers have put on sale OmniRAT, a remote access trojan that can target Androids, Linux, Mac, and Windows PCs. The tool costs $25-$50, which is only a fraction of $200-$300,the price of DroidJack, another Android RAT. Avast is currently reporting that the RAT was used this summer in Germany, spread to victims via SMS messages. The Softpedia article about OmniRAT includes a video, but declined to post the tool's homepage. You can easily find it via a Google search.

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  1. Oh, I see ... by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The author of the post received an SMS stating an MMS from someone was sent to him (in the example, a German phone number is listed and the SMS was written in German). The SMS goes on to say âoeThis MMS cannot be directly sent to you, due to the Android vulnerability StageFright. Access the MMS within 3 days [Bitly link] with your telephone number and enter the PIN code [code]âoe. Once the link is opened, a site loads where you are asked to enter the code from the SMS along with your phone number.

    So, basically if you click on random links in text messages you can get this malware.

    Well then, this is a decades old problem and is as much a human issue as it is a technology one.

    This is precisely why I will never click on ANY link behind an URL shortener; because you have no bloody idea what it is.

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    1. Re:Oh, I see ... by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 4, Insightful

      This is precisely why I will never click on ANY link behind an URL shortener; because you have no bloody idea what it is.

      Same here...I think URL shorteners are like tap-dancing across a field full of landmines...you might avoid most of them but it only takes one to completely ruin your day.

      The only place they're useful at all is on something like twitter where space is limited, but that doesn't change the fact that clicking on one is like rolling the dice. Of course, that's true for almost any URL these days- you never know what site has been compromised and is trying to infect you.

      It's one of the main reasons I use NoScript and AdBlock; those two plugins have probably saved my ass more times than I can count.

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