Security News > 2017 > February > Duqu Malware Techniques Used by Cybercriminals (Schneier on Security)
2017-02-16 16:28
Duqu 2.0 is a really impressive piece of malware, related to Stuxnet and probably written by the NSA. One of its security features is that it stays resident in its host's memory without ever writing persistent files to the system's drives. Now, this same technique is being used by criminals: Now, fileless malware is going mainstream, as financially motivated criminal...
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