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Subject: [ISN] 'Lurid' APT-Type Attacks Target Former USSR Region
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2011-09-23 9:49:12
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1109230449030.21676 () infosecnews ! org
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By Kelly Jackson Higgins
Dark Reading
Sept 22, 2011
Another day, another targeted attack campaign: This time, however, the
former Soviet Union is in the bull's eye.
At least 50 victim organizations ranging from government ministries and
agencies, diplomatic missions, research institutions, and commercial
entities have been hit in the former Soviet Union region and other
countries. Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Vietnam have been hit
hardest in the apparent industrial espionage campaign that has been
going on at least since August 2010.
The advanced persistent threat (APT)-type attacks -- dubbed "Lurid"
after the Trojan malware family being used in it -- has infected some
1,465 computers in 61 countries with more than 300 targeted attacks. The
attackers deployed a command-and-control (C&C) infrastructure of some 15
domain names and 10 IP addresses to keep their foothold in the victim
machines.
"This seems to be a notable attack in that respect: It doesn't target
Western countries or states. It seems to be the reverse this time," says
Jamz Yaneza, a research director at Trend Micro.
[...]
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