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Security team pries open secrets of Chinese hacker gang |
August 11, 2013
A Chinese hacker gang whose malware targeted RSA in 2011 infiltrated more than 100 companies and organizations, and was so eager to steal data that it probed a major teleconference developer to find new ways to spy on corporations, according to researchers.
The remote-access Trojan, or RAT, tagged as "Comfoo" is largely inactive, said a pair of veteran researchers from Dell SecureWorks, who presented their findings at the recent Black Hat security conference.
But their discoveries showed just how pervasively a dedicated group of attackers can infiltrate networks and walk away with secrets.
"We're not seeing it used to the extent it was before," said Joe Stewart, director of malware research at SecureWorks, in explaining why he and his college, Don Jackson, revealed their undercover campaign.
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