HTTP Status Codes Command This Malware How to Control Hacked Systems

A new version of COMpfun remote access trojan (RAT) has been discovered in the wild that uses HTTP status codes to control compromised systems targeted in a recent campaign against diplomatic entities in Europe.

The cyberespionage malware—traced to Turla APT with “medium-to-low level of confidence” based on the history of compromised victims—spread via an initial dropper that masks itself as