Indonesian So Regin Malware Attacks Victims

Sophisticated spy program, Regin has been discovered by security researchers recently. Malware was feared because researchers have advanced intelligence capabilities and allegedly equivalent to malware Stuxnet, the first digital weapons were found.

Although so far not clear who was behind the attack Regin, reported Indonesia is one of the victims of the attack. The report was submitted to Kaspersky Lab Global Research and Analysis Team.

In a written statement today, Kaspersky Labs researchers claim to have a sniff of malware regin since 2012. Then, the researcher Kaspersky intensely collect samples that appeared in a variety of multi-scanner. This laboratory trace around the world.

Finally, Kaspersky obtain samples involved in several real-world attacks, including against government agencies and telecom operators, and this gives you enough information to research more about this threat.

Although research Kaspersky said Regin harmless, but this program has the capability of advanced infection.

"Platform (Regin) capable of infecting the entire network of organizations targeted to seize full control at all levels are possible," wrote Kaspersky.

Kaspersky lab results reveal the main victims of the perpetrators of the attack that the telecom operators, governments, financial institutions, research institutions, multinational political institutions and individuals, who are involved in research mathematics / cryptographical sophisticated.

Meanwhile, the victims of this attack is found in Algeria, Afghanistan, Belgium, Brazil, Fiji, Germany, Iran, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Malaysia, Pakistan, Syria. and Russia.

Added, Regin intended to gather confidential data on the network being attacked and do some other type of attack.

Researchers wrote perpetrators behind Regin able to control the infected tissue from a distance, even some agencies are able to be controlled in one country.

"But only one of them who had been programmed to communicate with the server command command and control (C & C) which is located in another country," added the researcher.

Costin Raiu, Director of analysis and Kaspersky Lab's Global Research highlights Regin capabilities that can infect the GSM network. He warned, though all GSM networks have a mechanism to track the suspect, through law enforcement, but according to him the other party can hijack this capability and is used to launch an attack.

"The ability to penetrate and monitor the GSM network is perhaps the most unusual aspect and draw from this operation," wrote Raiu.

Source : Viva