Mfarhanonline:Malware Attack Targets U.S. Government Agencies VIDEO

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Mfarhanonline Social Media News: Sykipot, malware believed to originate in China, has been used to target smart cards in the Pentagon and other government agencies. According to security researcher AlienVault, a new variant of Sykipot is targeting the cards government employees use to access secure networks and servers. “The attackers use a spear phishing campaign to get their targets to open a PDF attachment which then deposits the Sykipot malware onto their machine (the attackers here took advantage of a zero-day exploit in Adobe),” according to AlienVault . Check out the video above to learn more. Thumbnail image courtesy of iStockphoto , rubenhi More About: malware , Mfarhanonline video , U.S. government Social Media reviews series maintain by Mayya

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