A new cyber-espionage campaign has been discovered, aiming at intelligence services, military organizations, embassies and government institutions in Spanish-speaking countries. Leveraging a piece of malware that looks like a Java-related application and which Kaspersky dubbed Machete, the actors behind the campaign rely on targeted attacks to infect the victims computer and turn it into a […]
A stunningly advanced malware threat has been targeting government institutions, diplomatic offices, energy companies, private equity firms, activists, and more for five years now, infecting at least 380 unique victims across 31 countries, Kaspersky security researchers have revealed. They’re calling the virus “Careto” (meaning “mask” or “ugly face”), because the…
Kaspersky’s security research team today revealed “one of the most advanced” cyber-espionage malware threats “The Mask” (aka Careto). Victims including government institutions, private equity firms and high-profile activists are exploited.
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