Remote access software used by hackers to distribute malware

Drive-by-downloader attacks to install the Lurk trojan and other malware

Security researchers have discovered that hackers are installing malware on victim’s computers by using remote administration software.

According to a blog post by researchers at Kaspersky, a banking Trojan called Lurk also installed the remote administration software Ammyy Admin on their computers.

It said that further research showed that the official Ammyy Admin website had “most probably been compromised” and the Trojan had been downloaded to users’ computers along with the legitimate Ammyy Admin software. For the full article click here 

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