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New Ramsay malware can steal sensitive documents from air-gapped networks

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports:

Researchers from cyber-security firm ESET announced today that they discovered a never-before-seen malware framework with advanced capabilities that are rarely seen today.

Named Ramsay, ESET says this malware toolkit appears to have been designed to infect air-gapped computers, collect Word and other sensitive documents in a hidden storage container, and then wait for a possible exfiltration opportunity.

Read more on ZDNet.


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2 thoughts on “New Ramsay malware can steal sensitive documents from air-gapped networks”

  1. Alfonso says:
    May 13, 2020 at 11:56 am

    Hola, a que se refieren con;

    Redes con Espacio de Aire?

    Gracias

    1. Dissent says:
      May 13, 2020 at 2:20 pm

      See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_gap_(networking)
      https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=en&tl=es&u=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAir_gap_%28networking%29

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