What is NetWire?
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NetWire, which first surfaced in 2012, is a well-known malware.
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It is a remote access trojan, or RAT, which gives control of the infected system to an attacker.
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Such malware can log keystrokes and compromise passwords.
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Malware essentially do two things.
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One is data exfiltration, which means stealing data. Most anti-virus software are equipped to prevent this.
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The other involves infiltrating a system, and this has proven to be far more challenging for anti-virus software.
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NetWire is described as an off-the-shelf malware, while something like Pegasus, which used a bug in WhatsApp to infiltrate users’ phones in 2019, is custom-made and sold to nations.