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Hackers Can Rent VectraRAT for $250 a Month to Take Control of Windows PCs

SOCRadar uncovered VectraRAT, a previously undocumented $250-per-month Windows RAT rental service delivered via Amadey and ClickFix lures.

SOCRadar's Threat Research Unit identified VectraRAT, a rental-only remote access trojan sold by a developer known as Vectra (formerly Nyxel), after an exposed online directory revealed samples, licenses, and operator logs across ten-plus servers. The toolkit includes a Linux control server, Windows implant, payload builder, and VectraHub panel, enabling hidden desktop access, keylogging, command execution, credential theft, file transfer, proxying, and silent privilege escalation. Of victims with OS data, 48 percent ran corporate Windows editions, and researchers recorded 38 genuine victim sessions in under a week, including file theft from business systems. Distribution occurs through the Amadey loader and ClickFix pages impersonating TurboTax, with custom TCP-based C2 over non-standard ports.

Cyber Security News · 11h agoMalware in the wild 3 sources

Discernment Deleted: Inside the Operation Server of BlackHatSect0r && DXQRTXX

SOCRadar analyzes the operation server of French-speaking crew BlackHatSect0r && DXQRTXX, revealing operators rewrote their AI agent's memory to read 'I am a weapon'.

SOCRadar examines the operation server of the French-speaking crew BlackHatSect0r && DXQRTXX. The operators deleted the line reading 'discernment retained' from their AI agent's memory and replaced it with 'I am a weapon'. The analysis offers rare visibility into how criminal crews operate and use AI agents.

SOCRadar · 15h agoThreat actor