2012
- Flame also known as Flamer, sKyWIper, and Skywiper is modular computer malware discovered in 2012 that attacks computers running Microsoft Windows. The program is being used for targeted cyber espionage in Middle Eastern countries. Its discovery was announced on 28 May 2012 by MAHER Center of Iranian National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), Kaspersky Lab and CrySyS Lab. of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. CrySyS stated in their report that "sKyWIper is certainly the most sophisticated malware we encountered during our practice; arguably, it is the most complex malware ever found".
- Shamoon is a computer virus discovered in 2012 designed to target computers running Microsoft Windows in the energy sector. Symantec, Kaspersky Lab and Seculert announced its discovery on 16 August 2012.
- NGRBot is a worm discovered in September 20.NGRBots use the IRC network for file transfer, sending and receiving commands between zombie network machines and the attacker’s IRC server, and monitoring and controlling network connectivity and intercept. It employs a user-mode rootkit technique to hide and steal its victim’s information. This family of bot is also designed to infect HTML pages with iframes, causing redirections, blocking victims from getting updates from security/antimalware products, and killing those services. The bot is designed to connect via a predefined IRC channel and communicate with a remote botnet.
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