Comrat a dangerous spyware that steals information from … – tuexperto.com

What we are witnessing a cyber war in the shadows, is something that few doubt. G Data has identified a new highly complex spyware software dedicated to steal sensitive information from governments, companies and institutions. Your name is Comrat , and is related to some very dangerous threats like or Agent.BTZ Uroboros. In fact, the latter was responsible for the largest cyber attack that wins the US so far in 2008. After falling within the enterprise network, Comrat is able to intercept all information that is sent through the browser and even control the system without the user’s knowledge. We tell you all the details of the threat.

The online world has become a new battleground. An environment that offers endless possibilities to steal data or hack certain key systems. The first program was recognized as a ciberarma was Stuxnet , a Trojan resort that was created for attack nuclear plants in Iran and prompting its development plan of enriched uranium is delayed two years. Even before there were other cyber attacks with a significant level of complexity, and the names have been happening continuously.

The last to appear has been Comrat , spyware discovered by the German company G Data. This program hijacks programming interface COM (Component Object Model) and since then intercepts the data traffic that occurs in the browser the PC of the victim. Moreover, this threat is capable of functioning as RAT (Remote Access Tool). That is, hackers can take complete control of the system remotely. A really dangerous program that can work as a spy but is also capable of sabotaging the computer it has infected. Due to its characteristics, is designed to penetrate large enterprises, organizations and governments to hide their activity so that it can not fight the threat.

Beyond its danger, the analysis of Comrat has left several conclusions that are very revealing of the level of threat posed by this program. G Data been able to establish clear links between this malware and other threats that did much damage at the time. This is one side of Agent.BTZ , the head of the largest digital divide in the defense system of the US government. Although this threat came in 2008, hackers used the basis of this program to create a new threat of great significance as Uroburos , which we discussed here a few months ago. This threat discovered in March also was intended to intercept network traffic of an organization and could take control of the team.

It appears that Comrat is the next step in these dangerous programs that can jeopardize all types of organizations. G Data has announced that its security solutions protect against this new threat.

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