Gauss Virus Discovered Lurking In Computers To Steal Information
Kaspersky Labs, Russia have discovered a new virus that has the same modular structure as that of #-Link-Snipped-#. The cyber security firm decided to name it “Gauss†because the modules of this rootkit have been named after famous mathematicians and the Gauss module was the most important one. The job of Gauss virus is to collect as much information about the system as possible and monitor user sessions to steal login details for online banking sites, social networking sites, email and IM. Some modules in this rootkit have been aimed exclusively at obtaining information about Lebanese banks such as Bank of Beirut, Byblos Bank, and Fransabank.
This rootkit also has the capability to infect USB drives with a spy module in order to steal information from other computers. Gauss, like Flame, sends the obtained information to the command center and can download the modules to upgrade itself.
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According to its report, Kaspersky states that this virus started making its way in September and October 2011. This malware has made its way to various Middle Eastern countries and could be a state sponsored project made for cyber-espionage. The weird thing about this virus is that it installs a font called “Palida Narrow†on the computer for purposes unknown. So go check your “fonts†folder to know if you have been infected or not.
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This rootkit also has the capability to infect USB drives with a spy module in order to steal information from other computers. Gauss, like Flame, sends the obtained information to the command center and can download the modules to upgrade itself.
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According to its report, Kaspersky states that this virus started making its way in September and October 2011. This malware has made its way to various Middle Eastern countries and could be a state sponsored project made for cyber-espionage. The weird thing about this virus is that it installs a font called “Palida Narrow†on the computer for purposes unknown. So go check your “fonts†folder to know if you have been infected or not.
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