Emerging Threat: AgentTesla – A Review and Detection Strategies

It has been spreading rapidly in the wild with CISA listing it in the Top Malware Strains list for the year 2021 and it still is in the top 10 list on MalwareBazaar as of March 2023.

The operators of AgentTesla are providing Malware-as-a-Service with various pricing options for different versions of the malware. During the year 2017, the malware’s website was available on the public internet (now on the dark web), and advertising about the RAT capabilities with various price ranges and features.

The price shown above has likely been changed. It is provided for reference purposes purely to show that AgentTesla provides multiple buying options and operates a business-lik…