I-Remote Access Trojans iyakhula kwiminyaka yakutshanje kwaye sele ixhaphake ngakumbi kunezinye zezona ntlobo ze-malware eziqhelekileyo zehlabathi. Ngokukodwa, ukusukela oko kwaqhambuka i-COVID-19, i-Agent Tesla i-remote-access trojan (RAT) isebenzise ngempumelelo uloyiko lobhubhane kwaye yongeza izinto ezininzi ezintsha. Ummeli uTesla waqala ukufika kwindawo kwiminyaka elithoba eyadlulayo kwaye waboniswa kuhlaselo oluninzi kwisiqingatha sokuqala sika-2020 kunezoyikiso ezidumileyo ze-malware iTrickBot okanye i-Emotet, ngakumbi ngokuchasene namashishini.
I-Agent Tesla igxile kwi-keylogging kunye nokubiwa kwedatha. Amabhinari amatsha anikezela ngeendlela ezingakumbi zokusasaza kunye nenaliti kwaye ziyakwazi ukubiwa iinkcukacha zenethiwekhi engenazingcingo kunye neziqinisekiso. I-Agent Tesla inokuvuna idatha yoqwalaselo kunye neziqinisekiso ezivela kwiiklayenti ezininzi zeVPN eziqhelekileyo, i-FTP kunye nabathengi be-imeyile kunye neziphequluli zewebhu, kubandakanya. Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, OpenVPN, Opera Mail kunye nabanye abaninzi.
Olunye uphawu olutsha lwale Trojan yakudala yeRemote yeyokuba ukwahluka ngoku kunokulanda okuphunyezwayo okwesibini ukuze kufakwe kumatshini wexhoba kwaye emva koko kugalelwe ikhowudi kwezo zimbini zenqanaba lesibini njengendlela yokukhangela ukuphepha.
Kwiphulo elinye, abaphandi babona i-Agent Tesla ilahla ikopi ye-RegAsm.exe kunye nokufaka ikhowudi eyongezelelweyo kuyo; ngoko ke, i-RegAsm.exe iphethe imisebenzi ephambili yokuqokelela idatha kunye nokukhutshelwa. Inaliti yenziwa ngenkqubo yokungqengqa, apho amacandelo enkumbulo yesixokelelwano angenziwanga kwimaphu ngeso sithuba emva koko aphinde afakwe ngekhowudi engalunganga.
Olunye uphuculo luye lwabonwa kwindlela yokuziphatha kwe-malware. Emva kokuba ikhowudi iqalisiwe, i-malware iqokelela ulwazi lwenkqubo yendawo, ifake i-keylogger kwaye iqalise iindlela zokufumana kunye nokuvuna idatha. Ngexesha lale nkqubo, i-malware iskena useto lwenethiwekhi engenazingcingo kunye neziqinisekiso.
Nangona i-Agent Tesla ikhona iminyaka eliqela ngoku, abahlaseli baqhubeka bephuhlisa iindlela ezintsha zokuyisebenzisa ngelixa begcina ukungaziwa kwaye bephepha ukubhaqwa.