Malware Uses Google Go Language

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Malware Uses Google Go Language
Botnet Encriyoko
Malware Trojan.Encriyoko
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
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Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date 2012 / 2012-09-18
Editor/Conference Symantec
Link http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/malware-uses-google-go-language (Archive copy)
Author Flora Liu
Type Blogpost

Abstract

Designed in 2007 and introduced in late 2009, the Go programming language developed by Google has been gaining momentum the past three years. It is now being used to develop malware. Recently seen in the wild, Trojan.Encriyoko is a new threat associated with components which are written in Go. The Trojan attempts to encrypt various file formats on compromised computers, rendering the encrypted files unusable...

Bibtex

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   editor = {Symantec},
   author = {Flora Liu},
   title = {Malware Uses Google Go Language},
   date = {18},
   month = Sep,
   year = {2012},
   howpublished = {\url{http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/malware-uses-google-go-language}},
 }