Parallax RAT
Aliases: ParallaxRAT
- First seen
- 2020-04-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- rat
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:45:55
Targeted industries: healthcare-and-pharmaceutical government-and-public-sector financial-services
Context
Parallax is a Remote Access Trojan used by attackers to gain access to a victim's machine. It was involved in one of the many infamous "coronamalware" campaigns. Basically, the attackers abused the COVID-19 pandemic news to lure victims into opening themed emails spreading parallax.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
Detection rules
- DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Parallaxrat (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- threatpost.com — 178422 (report)
- bleepingcomputer.com — Unskilled Hacker Linked To Years Of Attacks On Aviation Transport Sectors (report)
- Cisco Talos — Coronavirus Themed Malware (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Parallax (report)
- bleepingcomputer.com — Parallax Rat Common Malware Payload After Hacker Forums Promotion (report)
- twitter.com — 1227196799997431809 (report)
- uptycs.com — Cryptocurrency Entities At Risk Threat Actor Uses Parallax Rat For Infiltration (report)
- blog.morphisec.com — Parallax Rat Active Status (report)
- vkremez.com — Lets Learn Inside Parallax Rat Malware (report)