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Title: Super-Sophisticated Spyware Spotted After 5-Year Run
Post by: HCK on August 17, 2016, 04:05:18 pm
Super-Sophisticated Spyware Spotted After 5-Year Run

Symantec and Kaspersky Lab last week separately announced the discovery of a highly sophisticated APT that had eluded security researchers for at least five years. A previously unknown group called "Strider" has been using Remsec, an advanced tool that seems to be designed primarily for spying. Its code contains a reference to Sauron, the main villain in The Lord of the Rings.

Source: Super-Sophisticated Spyware Spotted After 5-Year Run (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83811.html?rss=1)