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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.

Bibtex

 @misc{Donohue2013BFR1333,
   editor = {Kaspersky lab},
   author = {Brian Donohue},
   title = {New Mac malware discovered on attendee computer at anti-surveillance workshop},
   date = {17},
   month = May,
   year = {2013},
   howpublished = {\url{http://threatpost.com/new-mac-malware-discovered-on-attendee-computer-at-anti-surveillance-workshop/}},
 }