---
id: 6279
title: "RunningRAT’s Next Move: From Remote Access to Crypto mining For Profit"
source_domain: hunt.io
source_url: "https://hunt.io/blog/runningrat-from-remote-access-to-crypto-mining"
published_at: "2024-11-05T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["malware", "threat-hunting", "rat", "crypto-mining", "open-directories", "runningrat"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6279"
lang: en
---

# RunningRAT’s Next Move: From Remote Access to Crypto mining For Profit

## Summary

Hunt.io spots RunningRAT—previously an access and data-theft tool linked to 2018 Olympics campaigns—now staging crypto-mining payloads via open directories and a separate staging VPS.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hunt.io
- **Published:** 2024-11-05T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://hunt.io/blog/runningrat-from-remote-access-to-crypto-mining
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6279