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How does the Blackshades Remote Access Tool (RAT) work?

The Blackshades RAT isn’t any different than what your IT person at work uses to get remote access to your computer, explains Runa Sandvik, staff technologist at the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT).

And last year, a 17-year-old boy in Detroit paid hackers in the Philippines more than

How does the Blackshades Remote Access Tool (RAT) work?

How does the Blackshades Remote Access Tool (RAT) work?

The Blackshades RAT isn’t any different than what your IT person at work uses to get remote access to your computer, explains Runa Sandvik, staff technologist at the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT).

And last year, a 17-year-old boy in Detroit paid hackers in the Philippines more than $1,000 Nope.

The RAT even came with a prepared script demanding such a ransom.” What do hackers use remote access tools for?

According to the FBI and law enforcement officials, the program has been sold and distributed to “thousands” of people in more than 100 countries since 2010, affecting some 700,000 victims.

Here’s why you might want to update your anti-virus software, or, if you’re prone to dancing around your room naked, at least put a piece of tape over your webcam. Blackshades is the name of an organization allegedly owned by a Swedish 24-year-old named Alex Yücel. , a 23-year-old US citizen who was arrested in 2012 as part of the feds’ tangential investigation into Blackshades, codeveloped the Blackshades remote access tool (RAT).

On Monday, US officials announced the arrest of more than 90 people allegedly connected to an organization called Blackshades, which sold software that allows hackers to easily take over a Microsoft Windows computer remotely.

Last year, a college student used the tool to take nude photos of Miss Teen USA via her personal computer’s webcam.