Nytro Posted January 14, 2012 Report Posted January 14, 2012 [h=1]Malware Attack Targets U.S. Government Agencies [/h]Sykipot, malware believed to originate in China, has been used to target smart cards in the Pentagon and other government agencies. According to security researcher AlienVault, a new variant of Sykipot is targeting the cards government employees use to access secure networks and servers. “The attackers use a spear phishing campaign to get their targets to open a PDF attachment which then deposits the Sykipot malware onto their machine (the attackers here took advantage of a zero-day exploit in Adobe),” according to AlienVault. Check out the video above to learn more. Sursa si video: Malware Attack Targets U.S. Government Agencies Quote
