Laika is a RAT (Remote Access Toolkit). Specifically the only feature Laika provides is the feature to spawn shells & execute commands. That is the only user-facing feature. Laika exists to be a fun project for me (& others) to hack on and learn payload development.
So what should I do with Laika?
Learn from it! Laika exists to be hacked on, make an obfuscated build and try dumping strings from the end result. Play as the research analyst whose job it is to take this malware sample apart. This project is for learning how modern malware make research analyst's job difficult.
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