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Researchers Detail Regin Attack Platform Modules - SecurityWeek

January 23, 2015

Researchers Detail Regin Attack Platform Modules - SecurityWeek

SecurityWeek, By Brian Prince

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab released details today of two modules used by the notorious Regin malware platform first exposed last year.

Publicly identified separately in November by security researchers at Kaspersky Lab and Symantec, Regin has been linked to cyber-espionage campaigns going back to at least 2008. In addition to stealing information from targets such as banks and government agencies, the malware was also used to target telecom operators and to penetrate and monitor GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) networks.

According to Kaspersky Lab, two modules named 'hopscotch' and 'legspin' were designed as standalone tools that seem to predate the Regin platform by several years. Read more.

Researchers Detail Regin Attack Platform Modules - SecurityWeek

Researchers Detail Regin Attack Platform Modules - SecurityWeek
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