๐ Gaming VoIP Servers Abused to Spread Remote Access Trojans (RATs)
๐ก Newskategorie: IT Security
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Discord, the free VoIP chat service very popular among gamers, is the target of several spam campaigns spreading different types of Remote Access Trojans (RATs), such as NanoCore (Trojan.Nancrat), njRAT (Backdoor.Ratenjay), and SpyRat (W32.Spyrat). Symantec security researchers say they've discovered several spam campaigns active on the service, and they've notified Discord to have the messages removed. The fact that spammers are targeting Discord shouldn't surprise gamers, who probably noticed its rising popularity, mainly due to a superior VoIP service that allows gaming clans and communities to talk to each other during games and nightly meetings. Malware authors targeting the gaming community isn't something new either. Accordi... ...