Over 100 domains and hundreds of distinct loader samples have been used in a campaign that has been distributing the AsyncRAT malware to specific targets for at least the last 11 months.
Since its release in 2019, AsyncRAT has been a publicly accessible open-source remote access tool (RAT) for Windows that offers features like data exfiltration, keylogging, remote command execution, and the ability to drop extra payloads.
Over the years, fraudsters have made extensive use of the tool—either in its original or altered form—to get access to targets, steal files and data, and install other malware.
Igal Lytzki, a security researcher at Microsoft, observed the attacks last summer via compromised email threads read more Stealthy AsyncRAT malware attacks targets US infrastructure for 11 months.
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