Red October – Cyber-espionage Undetected for 5 Years
On January 17, 2013, Kaspersky Labs released, The Red October Campaign - An Advanced Cyber Espionage Network Targeting Diplomatic and Government Agencies. The Kaspersky research discloses a massive network of command and control servers which has, over the past five years, infiltrated computer worldwide at governmental, diplomatic and scientific research organizations. Red October gathered information from computer systems, mobile devices and network equipment. Kaspersky details the technical means used to evade detection for 5 years. The creators of this software used many clever techniques to cover their tracks and regain control of systems that had been partially disinfected. What is [...]