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Trojan-Dropper:W32/CosmicDuke

Classification

Category:

Malware

Type:

Trojan-dropper

Aliases:

  • CosmicDuke
  • MiniDuke

Summary

Trojan-Dropper:W32/CosmicDuke steals information from an infected system using keylogging, screen captures and stealing file and clipboard data. Harvested data is forwarded to a remote server via FTP.

Removal

Technical Details

The CosmicDuke trojan-dropper appears to be spread in 'bait' image, document and PDF files, which contain an exploit or a buried Windows executable program. Once the bait file is opened, the exploit or program is launched and begins to harvest data from the infected machine.

In addition to its information-stealing activities, CosmicDuke is notable for sharing code with MiniDuke, a malware known to have been used to attack various NATO and European government agencies in February 2013.

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