Malware writer offers free trojan to hackers ... with one small drawback Those looking on the dark web for malware capable of hijacking computers might have thought they were getting a bargain when a free trojan appeared on various online souks over the past few months. The malware generator, dubbed the Cobian remote access trojan (RAT) by researchers at security shop Zscaler, is a fairly elemental …
What on earth does that have to do with it?
Yes, we know that malware authors tend to write things that target the most popular OS on the planet. we know. I'm not sure how that qualifies as a 'fail' or as bad reporting though, because that is not the story here, and has no bearing on the story.
The story is about scumbags ripping off/misleading other scumbags.
Why on earth are you assuming that this is a super crafty criminal rather than being state-sponsored?
My first assumption is that {pick from the list} is not only using these low-level hackers to spread the toolkit but also building a list of who they are.
Once the toolkit is widespread enough, it will have crept into many dark corners. Why do all the hard work yourself?
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