Nation-backed surveillance malware monitors Middle East bank accounts

“Gauss” is the first government-backed or -built malware that uses a banking module. The Trojan steals credentials for several Middle Eastern banks headquartered in Lebanon. The malware’s still-mysterious payload is so heavily encrypted that Kaspersky has no idea what it is or what it does. About 2,500 machines infected with Gauss are monitored by the security company; 66% of them are located in Lebanon, 19% in Israel and 10% in Palestine. Gauss is connected to Stuxnet, the malware that sabotaged Iran’s nuclear enrichment program.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2132081/nation-backed-surveillance-malware-monitors-middle-east-bank-accounts.html