Malware red october

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'Red October' cyber-attack discovered by Russian researchers

'Red October' has been targeting embassies, nuclear research centers, and oil and gas institutes since 2007.

A computer screen of Dirk Engling, spokesperson of the Chaos Computer Club, shows the file name (highlighted) of the Trojan spyware allegedly made by the German authorities in the CCC's offices in Berlin on October 12 , 2011. The computer club and German hacker organization claims to have cracked spying software allegedly used by German authorities.

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