Trojan.KonniRat
Posted: August 16, 2017
Threat Metric
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Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
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Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Threat Level: | 8/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 14 |
First Seen: | August 16, 2017 |
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Last Seen: | June 12, 2020 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Trojan.KonniRat, or aptly known as KONNI, is a dangerous remote access trojan horse threat that has a payload to target politically-motivated entities in Europe and Asia. The attacks from Trojan.KonniRat are known to vary where some could be campaigns that trick computer users into launching malicious files that may come as attachments in spam emails or file downloads.
The many variations of Trojan.KonniRat could morph into threats that act like older malware threats like Zeus, Talos, or various botnet type threats that compromise large numbers of computers.
The payload of Trojan.KonniRat could render a system under the control of a remote hacker and later be instructed to carry out random malicious actions. Threats like Trojan.KonniRat may only be detected and eliminated through proper resources like antimalware tools.
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