The Blackshades RAT – Entry-Level Cybercrime

Earlier this week the US government announced the arrest of more than 100 individuals linked to the Blackshades remote access Trojan (RAT). While most of those arrested were merely users of this RAT, the arrests included its co-creator, a 24-year-old Swede named Alex Yücel. Also arrested was a 23-year-old American named Brendan Johnston, who was involved in…