Understanding RATs
RATs have been widely used in cybersecurity and there are a lot of popular RATs available. Some hackers even offer customized and hard-to-detect RATs to be used to gain access to a victim's computer. In its simplest form, an RAT is a program that creates a network connection with another computer and performs an action. RATs can be legitimate software, such as a common commercial software such as TeamViewer, which is often used by IT professionals to diagnose remote computers and to detect problems. However, these programs can also be used by hackers to get control of the victim's machine, so you should be very careful in how you use these programs.
In its simplest form, an RAT is a pair of programs. One program runs on the victim, while the other program runs on the attacker's machine. There are two main configurations in which these programs work depending on who initiates the communication. These are defined as follows:
- A program in...
