Global prevalence of remote access trojans (RATs) H1 2023, by family

In the first half of 2023, Agent Tesla was the most commonly encountered remote access trojan (RAT), with around 37 percent prevalence. The second-ranked Emotet accounted for 30 percent prevalence, while REMCOS followed with 5.5 percent. A remote access trojan (RAT) is a type of malware that a threat actor installs to remotely control a victim's computer.