RCS

Aliases: Crisis, Remote Control System

First seen
2012-06-06 00:00:00
Malware type
rat, spyware, screen-capture
Family
Malware family
Last IoC activity
2026-07-19 17:12:17
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:49:35

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications financial-services

Targeted regions: country_code:it country_code:sg country_code:us country_code:de

Context

RCS, also known as Crisis or Remote Control System, is a sophisticated surveillance malware developed by Hacking Team. It is designed to infiltrate target systems and perform extensive reconnaissance activities, predominantly used by government and law enforcement agencies for espionage purposes.

Reports & references

  • media.kasperskycontenthub.com — Guerrero Saade Raiu Vb2017 (report)
  • blog.google — Google Tag Coldriver Russian Phishing Malware (report)
  • ESET — New Traces Hacking Team Wild (report)
  • blogs.360.cn — Apt C 34 Golden Falcon (report)
  • contagiodump.blogspot.com — Aug 2012 W32Crisis And Osxcrisis Jar (report)
  • intego.com — New Apple Mac Trojan Called Osxcrisis Discovered By Intego Virus Team (report)
  • Broadcom/Symantec — Crisis Windows Sneaks Virtual Machines (report)
  • virusbulletin.com — Vb2019 Paper Rich Headers Leveraging Mysterious Artifact Pe Format (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Rcs (report)
  • f-secure.com — Callisto Group (report)
  • vice.com — Jan Marsalek Wirecard Bizarre Attempt To Buy Hacking Team Spyware (report)
  • f-secure.com — Callisto Group (report)
  • virusbulletin.com — Vb2018 Paper Hacking Team Hacked Team (report)

External references