October 2023’s Most Wanted Malware: NJRat Jumps to Second Place while AgentTesla Spreads through new File Sharing Mal-Spam Campaign

Check Point Research reported that NJRat climbed four places into second spot last month. Meanwhile a new mal-spam campaign was discovered involving AgentTesla, the sixth most used malware, being delivered via corrupted file attachments Our latest Global Threat Index for October 2023 saw Remote Access Trojan (RAT) NJRat, which is known to target government agencies and organizations in the Middle East, move four places from sixth to second place. Meanwhile, researchers reported on a new mal-spam campaign involving advanced RAT AgentTesla, and Education remained the most targeted industry. Last month, AgentTesla was seen being distributed through archive files that contained […]

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