Security News > 2015 > July > HAMMERTOSS: New Russian Malware (Schneier on Security)
2015-07-31 16:12
Fireeye has a detailed report of a sophisticated piece of Russian malware: HAMMERTOSS. It uses some clever techniques to hide: The Hammertoss backdoor malware looks for a different Twitter handle each day -- automatically prompted by a list generated by the tool -- to get its instructions. If the handle it's looking for is not registered that day, it merely...
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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/07/hammertoss_new_.html
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