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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Sykipot trojan steals US Military ID card data

A bit of old news, the Sykipot trojan has been modified by Chinese hackers to steal sensitive information off DoD networks by stealing the authentication information from DoD smart cards. The cards are commonly used to allow access to DoD networks using certificates and PIN’s for a more secure authentication. This Sykipot variant has been upgraded with a keylogger to steal the PIN’s, then use the certificate associated with the card to access protected networks. The hackers used a spearphishing campaign to deliver the trojan.

posted by holliday at 5:40 pm  

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