Regin, the latest malware threat, is also one of the more mysterious ones. When Symantec unveiled details of the new cyber espionage campaign last weekend, its researchers described it as a highly sophisticated threat with an unprecedented level of technical competence.
Security experts outside of Symantec, however, take issue with the assertion that Regin is an advanced malware attack. “Although Regin may have gone undetected in some environments, the malware is not particularly stealthy,” said Ken Westin, security analyst with Tripwire. “It makes a number of file changes and registry key changes, so signature based antivirus products may be circumvented, but any organization monitoring for configuration changes in hosts would identify these changes.”
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