Kaspersky Lab on Tuesday announced the discovery of what may be the most sophisticated malware ever. The malware’s creators, whom Kaspersky has dubbed “The Equation Group,” use a never-seen-before tactic to infect hard drives’ firmware. The technique “makes traditional antivirus and antimalware software practically useless,” said Protegrity VP of Products Yigal Rozenberg. Most of the attacks hit Windows PCs, although Mac OS X users in China also have been hit, and iOS is vulnerable as well.
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NSA Suspected of Spreading Super-Resistant Malware
Posted by: Richard Adhikari February 17, 2015 04:32 PMKaspersky Lab on Tuesday announced the discovery of what may be the most sophisticated malware ever. The malware’s creators, whom Kaspersky has dubbed “The Equation Group,” use a never-seen-before tactic to infect hard drives’ firmware. The technique “makes traditional antivirus and antimalware software practically useless,” said Protegrity VP of Products Yigal Rozenberg. Most of the attacks hit Windows PCs, although Mac OS X users in China also have been hit, and iOS is vulnerable as well.