To lure victims into downloading and opening these files, they all have appealing titles for someone involved in freedom campaigns. According to surprised researchers from Palo Alto's Unit42 security forensics team, this RAT has recently received an update and has only been deployed in cyber-espionage campaigns against pro-democracy groups in Hong Kong, who have organized and participated in public protests for the past year.Īccording to the security firm, organizations, and individuals involved in these pro-democracy movements have started to receive spear-phishing emails that contained malicious Word files. ![]() On record, the last update Poison Ivy has received is 2.3.2 in 2008. Eight years later, Poison Ivy receives an update Nevertheless, in its heyday, Poison Ivy was one of the criminal underground's top tools, mainly used due to its low antivirus detection rate and its simplistic GUI that allowed even non-technical users to utilize it without too many headaches. ![]() In terms of malware age, Poison Ivy (PIVY) is a very very, very old tool. An RAT (Remote Access Trojan) created at the start of the 2000s and then abandoned in 2008 has received a surprising update and is now being used to target pro-democracy organizations and supporters in Hong Kong.Ĭomputer malware is never effective more than one-two years, mainly due to the rapid evolution of the underlying operating systems.
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