Syrian Malware Attacks Evolving in Sophistication: Kaspersky Lab - SecurityWeek

SecurityWeek, By Brian Price

New research from Kaspersky Lab shows that cyber-attack activity involving Syria is stepping up in terms of both sophistication and organization.

The latest malware attacks have infected more than 10,000 users, with some files downloaded more than 2,000 times. The victims of these attacks are distributed around the globe, with countries such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Palestine also being hit by the attackers. The United Arab Emirates, Israel, Morocco, France and the United States have also been hit with attacks.

The hackers themselves are operating from multiple countries as well, in particular Syria, Lebanon and the Russian Federation.

"The group’s attacks are evolving and they are making extensive use of social engineering techniques to trick targeted victims into running their malicious files," Kaspersky Lab noted in a report on the issue. "Among the principal file extensions observed among the malware samples obtained we can list: .exe, .dll, .pif [and] .scr." Read more.