Topic: The latest cyber espionage tool - Gauss

[Bojana]

Recently found malware that collects financial information and has already took data from financial institutions in Lebanon. Launched in September 2011, found by Kaspersky Labs in June.

http://www.zdnet.com/meet-gauss-the-latest-cyber-espionage-tool-7000002405/

[Samker]

More information about "Gauss" from Kaspersky: http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/virus/2012/Kaspersky_Lab_and_ITU_Discover_Gauss_A_New_Complex_Cyber_Threat_Designed_to_Monitor_Online_Banking_Accounts

Kaspersky Lab announces the discovery of ‘Gauss’, a new cyber-threat targeting users in the Middle East. Gauss is a complex, nation-state sponsored cyber-espionage toolkit designed to steal sensitive data, with a specific focus on browser passwords, online banking account credentials, cookies, and specific configurations of infected machines.

The online banking Trojan functionality found in Gauss is a unique characteristic that was not found in any previously known cyber-weapons.

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