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RAT
(Remote Administration Trojan) A Trojan in a user's machine that is interactively controlled by the attacker. The attacker remotely configures and controls the Trojan in the infected machine...
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Definition: RAT
(Remote Administration Trojan) A Trojan in a user's machine that is interactively controlled by the attacker. The attacker remotely configures and controls the Trojan in the infected machine just like a user with a Web browser requests data from a server. Back Orifice is an example of a RAT. See Trojan.
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