Hackers Abuse Popular Monitoring Tool Nezha as a Stealth Trojan

Cybersecurity firm Ontinue reveals how the open-source tool Nezha is being used as a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) to bypass security and control servers globally.

A popular software tool used by website owners to check their server’s health is now being used by hackers to take complete control of computers. Researchers at the cybersecurity firm Ontinue have discovered that an open-source tool called Nezha is being repurposed as a Remote Access Trojan (RAT). This allows outsiders to sneak into a system and stay there without being noticed.

The Invisible Threat

For your information, Nezha was originally designed as a helpful tool for the IT community and has gained nearly 10,000 stars on GitHub. It acts like a dashboard for a car, showing how much memory a server is using and if it’s running smoothly.

Because it is legitimate software used by thousands of professionals, security apps usually ...