In February 2015, a then 24-year-old Alex Yücel pleaded guilty in a U.S. That record indicates RevCode is owned by 28-year-old Swedish resident Alex Yücel.
A few hours of searching online turned up an interesting record at Ratsit AB, a credit information service based in Sweden. RevCode maintains it is a legitimate company officially registered in Sweden that obeys all applicable Swedish laws. Palo Alto also noted WebMonitor includes the option to suppress any notification boxes that may pop up when the RAT is being installed on a computer.Ī screenshot of the WebMonitor builder panel.
#WEB MONITOR RAT SOFTWARE#
In a writeup on WebMonitor published in April 2018, researchers from security firm Palo Alto Networks noted that the product has been primarily advertised on underground hacking forums, and that its developers promoted several qualities of the software likely to appeal to cybercriminals looking to secretly compromise PCs.įor example, RevCode’s website touted the software’s compatibility with all “ crypters,” software that can encrypt, obfuscate and manipulate malware to make it harder to detect by antivirus programs. The software is broadly classified as malware by most antivirus companies, likely thanks to an advertised feature list that includes dumping the remote computer’s temporary memory retrieving passwords from dozens of email programs snarfing the target’s Wi-Fi credentials and viewing the target’s Webcam. The makers of WebMonitor, a company in Sweden called “ RevCode,” say their product is legal and legitimate software “that helps firms and personal users handle the security of owned devices.”īut critics say WebMonitor is far more likely to be deployed on “pwned” devices, or those that are surreptitiously hacked. At issue is a program called “ WebMonitor,” which was designed to allow users to remotely control a computer (or multiple machines) via a Web browser.
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