Malware continues to ten years under the radar

- Cyber ​​Security guards discovered a malware that has been active for ten years. All that time he managed to stay under the radar, probably because he was very focused and deployed on a small scale. The program is probably the work of Iranian spies against their own people and against governments and companies in several countries, including Israel.

Palo Alto Networks was 'INFY', as the malware was baptized at the track last year. It was hidden in attachments to two e-mails. In one case it was in a Word file, in another case in a PowerPoint file. Which became a hacked Gmail account sent from Israel to a company from the same country. Around the same time the malware was sent to someone in the US government, disguised as a Word file.

When the recipient opens the annexes, the malware activates itself in the background. He is active when the computer starts up again. Then he opens a keylogger that key 'bugging' and steals passwords and cookies.

There are forty found variants, which are used at least since 2007 and possibly since 2004. Last month, the malware was still active. In the meantime, it is continuously adjusted.