Unsophisticated Revenge RAT Released Online for Free - EXCLUSIVE

An Arabic-speaking malware coder using the name Napoleon released a new RAT (Remote Access Trojan/Tool) called Revenge, which he's distributing for free via underground hacking forums.

The coder published the first version of the Revenge RAT on June 28 when he provided a download link via Dev Point[/IMG], a hacking forum visited by Arabic-speaking users.

At the time of its release, only one of the 54 scanners on VirusTotal detected the new RAT. This has changed in the meantime, and over 40 scanners detect the first version as malicious.

First Revenge RAT version was a simple tool

Revenge v0.1 was a simple tool, according to a researcher known as Rui, who says the malware's author didn't bother obfuscating the RAT's source code. This raised a question mark with the researchers, which couldn't explain why VirusTotal scanners couldn't pick it up as a threat right away...