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New malware detected targeting Mideast governments
- Middle East: Monday, April 08 - 2013 at 03:25
Security vendor FireEye has said its researchers have uncovered a new advanced persistent threat (APT) designed to target government entities in the Middle East and Central Asia, PC World has reported. The malware, dubbed Trojan.APT.BaneChant, uses multiple detection evasion techniques, including the monitoring of mouse clicks, to determine active human interaction with the infected computer. It is distributed via a Word document rigged with an exploit sent during targeted email attacks. The name of the document translates to "Islamic Jihad.doc," the firm said. "We suspect that this weaponised document was used to target the governments of Middle East and Central Asia," FireEye researcher Chong Rong Hwa said in a blog post.
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