We received inquiries about the Gauss attack, which garnered significant media attention as it drew comparisons to Flame. Gauss was designed to steal system-related information and gather banking, social networking, email and instant messaging (IM) credentials. Researchers also surmised that this is possibly the latest among the strings of state-sponsored attacks, which gathered awareness with [...]
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Gauss Continues Streak of Possible State-Sponsored Attacks