> What makes “The Mask” special is the complexity of the toolset used by the attackers. This includes an extremely sophisticated malware, a rootkit, a bootkit, 32- and 64-bit Windows versions, Mac OS X and Linux versions and possibly versions for Android and iPad/iPhone (Apple iOS).
> When active in a victim system, The Mask can intercept network traffic, keystrokes, Skype conversations, PGP keys, analyse WiFi traffic, fetch all information from Nokia devices, screen captures and monitor all file operations.
> The malware collects a large list of documents from the infected system, including encryption keys, VPN configurations, SSH keys and RDP files. There are also several extensions being monitored that we have not been able to identify and could be related to custom military/government-level encryption tools.
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> We have detected traces of Linux versions, and possibly versions for iPad/iPhone and Android, however we have not been able to retrieve the samples.
Though it is said the word comes from Spanish, I, as a Portuguese can only think of the pre-historic Celtic tradition... This year it happened again just two days ago...
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 10.4 ms ] thread> When active in a victim system, The Mask can intercept network traffic, keystrokes, Skype conversations, PGP keys, analyse WiFi traffic, fetch all information from Nokia devices, screen captures and monitor all file operations.
> The malware collects a large list of documents from the infected system, including encryption keys, VPN configurations, SSH keys and RDP files. There are also several extensions being monitored that we have not been able to identify and could be related to custom military/government-level encryption tools.
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> We have detected traces of Linux versions, and possibly versions for iPad/iPhone and Android, however we have not been able to retrieve the samples.
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