New Mac malware discovered on attendee computer at anti-surveillance workshop
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Malware | Kitmos |
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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{Lua error: Cannot create process: proc_open(/dev/null): failed to open stream: Operation not permitted2013BFR1333, 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/}}, }