In college, I once showed my class the reality of Remote Access Trojans (RATs) with a live demo—showing how easily someone could take over a computer with the right tool. Years later, the real-world ramifications of these tools are even more chilling. Today, we’re diving deep into Poison Ivy, a notorious RAT that took the cybersecurity world by storm in the mid-2000s, and was linked to high-profile cyberattacks on government agencies, human rights organizations, and corporate giants.

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References

https://www.theregister.com/2012/08/31/nitro_hackers_abuse_java_exploit

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/poison-ivy-trojan-just-won-t-die

https://www.mandiant.com/sites/default/files/2021-09/rpt-poison-ivy.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20080208054011/http://www.poisonivy-rat.com/

https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/malware/poisonivy