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Titre: [ThreatPost]Religious 'Mahdi' Spyware Spies on Critical Infrastructure in Middle East
Posté par: igor51 le juillet 18, 2012, 05:08:50
Religious 'Mahdi' Spyware Spies on Critical Infrastructure in Middle East

A new variety of spyware has been targeting users in Iran, Israel and the Middle East for the last eight months according to joint research from Israeli security software firm Seculert and Kaspersky Lab. The new malware is using a variety of odd techniques and misdirection to entice users to install it, and researchers say it is targeting a specific group of potentially high-value targets.


   

           

                   

A new variety of spyware has been targeting users in Iran, Israel and the Middle East for the last eight months according to joint research from Israeli security software firm Seculert and Kaspersky Lab. The new malware is using a variety of odd techniques and misdirection to entice users to install it, and researchers say it is targeting a specific group of potentially high-value targets.

       

       


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Source: Religious 'Mahdi' Spyware Spies on Critical Infrastructure in Middle East (http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/report-mahdi-spyware-found-spying-middle-east-071712)