Mobile spy malware xRAT is suspected to have been used by Chinese hackers in a new cyber espionage campaign. Sharing similarities with the Xsser/mRAT malware used against pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong in 2014, more than 60 samples of xRAT have been found by researchers at cybersecurity firm LookOut since April. Researchers have also found new SIM variants of the mRAT malware, indicating it is still in active use. xRAT can hack data from messaging apps such as WeChat and QQ, and steal texts, contacts, email logins, device location data, wipe files and devices, and more.
Mobile spy malware xRAT is suspected to have been used by Chinese hackers in a new cyber espionage campaign. Sharing similarities with the Xsser/mRAT malware used against pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong in 2014, more than 60 samples of xRAT have been found by researchers at cybersecurity firm LookOut since April. Researchers have also found new Android variants of the mRAT malware, indicating it is still in active use. xRAT can hack data from messaging apps such as WeChat and QQ, and steal texts, contacts, email logins, device location data, wipe files and devices, and more.