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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Malware in Libya: African targeted attacks

This blog post describes details that we discovered during our analysis of malware that focuses on a specific country — Libya. The malware has existed since at least 2012, with threat actors using it for mass-spreading malware campaigns and for ongoing targeted attacks.
Despite the lack of sophistication of the technical details of the malware and its mechanisms for spreading, the threat actors have demonstrated ability to compromise governmental websites successfully. This, combined with its focus on a specific region, makes this threat interesting from the malware researchers’ perspective.


Malware in Libya: African targeted attacks

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