Uroburos

This article is about the rootkit. For the mythical self-devouring worm, see Ouroboros.

Uroburos is a highly sophisticated rootkit that attacks computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system. In 2014, the German computer security firm G Data published their suspicions that Uroburos is part of a Russian government cyber-espionage program.[1][2][3][4]

Uroburos was used to steal massive amounts of information from Finnish Ministry of Foreign affairs.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Tom Brewster (3 March 2014). "Russians Suspected In ‘Uroburos’ Digital Espionage Attacks". TechWeek Europe.
  2. ↑ John E. Dunn (3 March 2014). "Is This Russia's Stuxnet? Security Firm Spots Suspicious 'Uroburos' Rootkit". CIO.com.
  3. ↑ Seth Rosenblatt (28 February 2014). "Security firm claims Russian government makes malware". CNET.
  4. ↑ G Data SecurityLabs (28 February 2014). "Uroburos Highly complex espionage software with Russian roots". G Data Software AG.
  5. ↑ "Ulkoministeriöön vuonna 2013 iskenyt vakoiluohjelma vei tietoja "rekkalasteittain"" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

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