Potent malware that hid for six years spread through routers

Re:Potent malware that hid for six years spread through routers by AnimalMuppet on Monday March 12, 2018 @04:13PM (#16571089)

Yeah, that bugs me a bit about this story. The (known) targets seem unimpressive for an attack tool this sophisticated. (Unless the targeted individuals were not just "individuals", but individuals who were prominent in certain organizations...)

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Re:Potent malware that hid for six years spread through routers by sbarre on Monday March 12, 2018 @04:39PM (#16571372)

> Unless the targeted individuals were not just "individuals", but individuals who were prominent in certain organizations...

I have to assume that's absolutely the case here. I didn't read this as "100 random individuals" being infected.

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Re:Potent malware that hid for six years spread through routers by AnimalMuppet on Monday March 12, 2018 @05:26PM (#16571812)

I didn't either. I read it as "activists", and on re-reading, I can't see where I got that. The actual targets could be a lot more important than that...

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Re:Potent malware that hid for six years spread through routers by sbarre on Monday March 12, 2018 @06:27PM (#16572260)

Yeah this kind of APT work seems like it would be targeted at high-value individuals, for either political or economic espionage..

So leaders of industry or government, etc..

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Re:Potent malware that hid for six years spread through routers by vtange on Monday March 12, 2018 @05:02PM (#16571594)

If no known target thus far is high-profile, it could very well be that the current targets are guinea-pig-targets that test the malware for future applications.

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