RevengeRAT and AysncRAT target aerospace and travel sectors | SC Media

RevengeRAT and AysncRAT target aerospace and travel sectors | SC Media

American Airlines flight 718, a Boeing 737 Max, is seen parked at its gate at Miami International Airport as passengers board for a flight to New York on December 29, 2020 in Miami, Florida. A campaign of remote access trojans is targeting the aerospace and travel industries. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Microsoft Security Intelligence earlier this week tweeted out that it has been tracking a campaign of remote access trojans (RATs) targeting the aerospace and travel industries with spear-phishing emails that distribute an actively developed loader, which then delivers RevengeRAT or AysncRAT.


As part of the tweet exchange it was pointed out that attackers use the RATs for data theft, follow-on activity and additional payloads, including revengerat aysncrat target aerospace travel sectors media