remote access Trojan or RAT (noun) [Word Notes]

Published: Nov. 11, 2020, 9 p.m.

As we are not publishing in observance of Veterans Day, we thought you might like to check out a couple of episodes of our weekly Word Notes short form podcast that comes out on Tuesdays. Check it out and subscribe today! \nFrom the intrusion kill chain model,\xa0a program\xa0that provides command and control services\xa0for an attack campaign. While the first ever\xa0deployed RAT is unknown,\xa0one early example\xa0is Back Orifice\xa0made famous\xa0by the notorious hacktivist group called\xa0\u201cThe Cult of the Dead Cow,\u201d\xa0or cDc,\xa0Back Orifice was written\xa0by the hacker,\xa0Sir Dystic\xa0AKA Josh Bookbinder\xa0and released to the public\xa0at DEFCON in 1998.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices