New Mac malware discovered on attendee computer at anti-surveillance workshop

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New Mac malware discovered on attendee computer at anti-surveillance workshop
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Date 2013 / 2013-05-17
Editor/Conference Kaspersky lab
Link http://threatpost.com/new-mac-malware-discovered-on-attendee-computer-at-anti-surveillance-workshop/ (Archive copy)
Author Brian Donohue
Type Blogpost

Abstract

In an Oslo Freedom Forum workshop offering advice to free speech advocates on how to better secure their devices against government surveillance, security researcher Jacob Appelbaum uncovered a new strain of malware with backdoor capabilities on the Mac machine of an Angolan activist attending the event.

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   author = {Brian Donohue},
   title = {New Mac malware discovered on attendee computer at anti-surveillance workshop},
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   month = May,
   year = {2013},
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