A tool sold by Germany-based firm Breaking Security as legitimate software for remotely managing Windows systems is instead being widely used by threat actors in multiple malicious campaigns. Researchers at Cisco Talos say that Breaking Security’s Remcos software is a sophisticated Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that attackers can use to fully control and monitor any Windows computer from XP onward, including those running server editions of the operating system.

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