Backdoor:Win32/Fynloski.A (Dark Comet): Taxonomy

Backdoor:Win32/Fynloski.A (Dark Comet): Taxonomy Microsoft has released a detailed taxonomy or detailed summary of Dark Comet RAT. Dark Comet AT is categorized as Backdoor:Win32/Flynloski.A. Read this full story to for detailed information about Microsoft's release. In the quest to compromise users' systems, malware has always employed different and resourceful techniques to achieve its goals. From using social engineering methods, to abusing legitimate software and its features, to using a design familiar to the user, malware has used every dirty trick in the book to achieve its malicious purpose. As a case study for such behavior we'll take a look at Backdoor:Win32/Fynlonski.A and how this malware uses any means necessary to gain access to the compromised system and hide its presence from a security solution. Taxonomy of Backdoor:Win32/Fynlonski.A We have received more than 35,000 samples of Fynloski.A with varying disguises, which we discuss in the following class...