From: ZDNet
Summary: 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.
By Violet Blue for Zero Day
(DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) Kaspersky Lab security research team just released details about “The Mask” (aka Careto) cyber-espionage malware, calling it “one of the most advanced threats at the moment” at the 2014 Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit.
Researchers told attendees The Mask is an extremely sophisticated nation-state spying tool and believe it to have been in operation since 2007.
IOC information has been included in Kaspersky’s detailed technical research paper.
Like Flame, another Kaspersky discovery, Careto is a uniquely powerful and refined cyber-espionage operation comprised of modular tools.
The malware’s primary targets are government institutions, diplomatic offices and embassies, energy, oil and gas companies, research institutions, private equity firms and high-profile activists.
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