What Is The Venom RAT? A Detailed Explanation of this remote
access tool | Threat Intelligence | CloudSEK
Archived: 2026-04-05 19:55:08 UTC
Executive Summary
CloudSEK’s flagship digital risk monitoring platform XVigil discovered a post, on a cybercrime forum,
advertising VenomRAT.
VenomRAT is a remote access tool discovered by 2020, and it is used by threat actors to control the
infected systems remotely.
Category Adversary Intelligence
Affected
Industries
Multiple
Affected
Region
Global
Source* C2
TLP# Green
Reference
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_source_and_information_reliability
#https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_Light_Protocol
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VenomRAT - Threat actor’s post on the cybercrime forum[/caption]
Analysis and Attribution
Information from the Post
The threat actor has listed two versions of the RAT, the second version of the RAT includes HVNC (Hidden
Virtual Network Connection).
1. Features of the RAT include:
Connect with the system remotely.
Get the system information  
Remote Shell 
TCP Connection
Reverse Proxy
Registry Editor 
UAC (User Access Control) Exploit
Disable WD (Windows Defender)
Format All Drivers
Change client name
Enable install 
Anti kill
Hide file 
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Hide folder 
Persist on the system as startup / persistence 
Change registry name 
Encrypted connection
Enable keylogger Offline/Online
2. VenomRAT with HVNC
HVNC Features, Included all the features of the Venom RAT
HVNC Clone Profile
Hidden Desktop
Hidden Browsers
Support WebGL
Hidden Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave
Hidden Explorer
Hidden Powershell
Hidden Startup
Reverse Connection
Remote Download+ Execute
This RAT was discovered by 2020, and based on open-source research this RAT is built on top of QuasarRAT
which is an open-source legit tool used as a Remote Access Tool.  
Source Rating
The threat actor joined in October 2021 and has a deposit on the forum 0.010092 BTC.
The main activity of the threat actor is related to advertising for VenomRAT.
Hence,
The reliability of the actor can be rated Fairly reliable (C).
The credibility of the advertisement can be rated Probably true (2).
Giving overall source credibility of C2.
 
Impact & Mitigation
Impact Mitigation
This type of malware gives the attackers the ability
to control the victim machine and wreak havoc in
the system.
Avoid downloading suspicious
documents from unknown sources.
Avoid clicking on suspicious links.
Enable the visibility of files extensions,
and have a vigil eye on the file
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extensions.
Update the system and all the
applications to the latest patches and
updates.
Ensure the usage of MFA.
Use up-to-date antivirus and anomaly
detection tools.
Use updated EDR solutions that help in
monitoring the network.
 
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