"The Mask" Espionage Malware

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/02/the_mask_espion.html

by bikeshack • 12 years ago

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alimoeeny• 12 years ago

any more info? is it on windows? macs, both? can I check my machine?

mhurron• 12 years ago

Trojan.Win32/Win64.Careto.* and Trojan.OSX.Careto

http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/virus/2014/Kaspersky-Lab...

http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208216078/The_Careto_Mask_...

That securelist.com link is seriously slow so http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5gWQNie...

jlgaddis• 12 years ago

If you click on the first link in the article, you end up at Kaspersky's article which states, in the first paragraph:

This includes an extremely sophisticated malware, a rootkit, a bootkit, Mac OS X and Linux versions and possibly versions for Android and iOS (iPad/iPhone).

oceanstone• 12 years ago

Was it from Spain, or was it a frame? You decide.

_sabe_• 12 years ago

Mask means worm in Swedish. Just saying...

nissehulth• 12 years ago

Translating the Spanish word "Careto" into English and then use the English word as if it were Swedish seems kinda silly...

ansible• 12 years ago

Infecting more machines (to obscure the targets of interest) is a trade-off of course, and is not necessarily valid in the general case. The more machines you infect, the more chances of being discovered.

memracom• 12 years ago

L'Homme aux Cercles Bleus by Fred Vargas

http://spoil-films-livres.over-blog.com/article-l-homme-aux-...

If you use Chrome you can click a button at the top to translate it. To read the spoiler text, just select the blue boxes to make them readable.

bitwize• 12 years ago

Malware called The Mask? Infecting computers in Spanish-speaking countries?

Must... not... make... luchador joke...

smoyer• 12 years ago

I was thinking of Zorro!

dmix• 12 years ago

The primary targets are government institutions, diplomatic offices and embassies, energy, oil and gas companies, research organizations and activists.

Ah pesky activists.

Intelligence agencies: support domestic economic advantage, suppress domestic political dissent, and defend against nation security threats. That seems to be order of priorities based on all these leaks.

"The Mask" Espionage Malware

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