Case of Attacks Targeting MySQL Servers to Install RAT Malware

Case of Attacks Targeting MySQL Servers to Install RAT Malware

AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) is monitoring attacks targeting poorly managed services, and has confirmed that MySQL servers have remained a continuous target of attacks. Threat actors are believed to be targeting various externally accessible systems, leading to the infection of multiple systems in Korea with malware. The majority of

Gh0stCringe RAT Being Distributed to Vulnerable Database Servers

Gh0stCringe RAT Being Distributed to Vulnerable Database Servers

The ASEC analysis team is constantly monitoring malware distributed to vulnerable database servers (MS-SQL, MySQL servers). This blog will explain the RAT malware named Gh0stCringe[1]. Gh0stCringe, also known as CirenegRAT, is one of the malware variants based on the code of Gh0st RAT. It was first discovered in December 2018,