Unwanted lab rats find new homes and are adopted thanks to an Argentine organization

A group of people watches three albino rats leap from small baskets into a big cage at an indoor hall in the Argentine ...
SecurityWeek

Chinese APTs Expand Targets, Update Backdoors in Recent Campaigns

China-linked Salt Typhoon and Twill Typhoon were seen expanding their target list and updating their arsenal in recent ...

JDownloader site hacked to replace installers with Python RAT malware

The website for the popular JDownloader download manager was compromised earlier this week to distribute malicious Windows ...
The Hacker News

Quasar Linux RAT Steals Developer Credentials for Software Supply Chain Compromise

Quasar Linux RAT (QLNX) harvests DevOps credentials to enable software supply chain attacks with fileless execution and dual ...
AOL

Officials remove suspected source of rat infestation in Mayfair

Residents dealing with a major rat infestation in the Mayfair section of Philadelphia should soon see some relief. Neighbors say rodents that plagued the area last summer have returned, with the ...
wjla

'Don't feed the rats!': Neighbors ask neighbors to do their part in keeping DC rats away

WASHINGTON (7News) — Northwest D.C. neighbors hosted a "Rat Roundup" in their neighborhood on Wednesday as the city's ongoing rat problem persists. Residents in Shaw got together to discuss what ...
Seattle Times

Rat poison found in some baby food jars in Central Europe leads to recall

PRAGUE (AP) — Countries across Central Europe pulled baby food off the shelves Monday after rat poison was discovered in some jars of the HiPP brand over the weekend. Austria ‘s health minister told ...
WGAL

Borough: Condemned home source of major rat problem

TOM. NEIGHBORS BLAME THIS CONDEMNED HOME RIGHT HERE ON SOUTH HARRISBURG STREET AS THE SOURCE OF A RODENT INFESTATION, AS WELL AS AN AWFUL STENCH THAT HAS MADE LIFE HERE UNBEARABLE. THIS IS BAD. THIS ...
Scientific American

When a naked mole rat queen dies, that usually means war—but not for this colony

Naked mole rat queens rule with an iron forepaw: these wrinkly, bucktoothed monarchs forbid any other female from reproducing—that is, until they die and all hell breaks loose. Then the ...
WUSA

Birth control rat population reduction pilot program to start in the next few weeks, DC Health says

WASHINGTON — Last week DC Health announced it would be using birth control to lower the city's rodent population. It's a strategy the city said it previously tried a few years ago. DC Health told ...
The Washington Post

Hero rat who sniffed out over 100 land mines is honored with giant statue

Although Magawa weighed less than three pounds, his impact was monumental. The African giant pouched rat sniffed out more than 100 land mines during his five-year career, saving countless lives. To ...
abc7NY

Bronx woman gets help from unlikely source in fight to rid apartment of rats

THE BRONX, New York (WABC) -- A woman, whose Bronx apartment has been overrun with rats, is finally getting some help. Cora Robinson has been dealing with the infestation in her apartment for nearly a ...