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Rootkit Variant Now Targets 64-Bit Windows

The infamous keylogger has shifted its targeting tactics and now collects stored credentials for less-popular web browsers and email clients. The newly discovered Python-based malware family targets the Outlook processes, and browser credentials, of Microsoft Windows victims. Attackers are targeting the critical remote code-execution flaw to compromise systems in the healthcare, local government, logistics and legal sectors, among others. Read the full article by security researcher Marco Giuliani on the Alureon rootkit:..”Alureon Rootkit”””

Source: https://threatpost.com/rootkit-variant-now-targets-64-bit-windows-083010/74399/

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