Apparently, the attackers installed a second
malware application on the computers it infected, targeting a specific list of domains.
Not exact matches
The
computer software provisions of CASL are aimed at preventing the installation of unauthorized
malware and spyware programs but have varying degrees of impact
on all types of software
applications.
Any
application running
on your
computer can ask the router to forward a port over UPnP, which is why the
malware above can abuse UPnP.
This but one form of
malware made out of tools and
applications that monitor your movements
on the Internet or the activities you make
on your
computer.
arstechnica.com - A recent
malware campaign that attempted to install a resource - draining currency miner
on more than 400,000
computers in 12 hours was caused by a malicious backdoor that was sneaked into a BitTorrent
application called Mediaget, a Microsoft researcher said Tuesday.