Poseidon
STATUS:
Active
TYPE:
Backdoor, Complex cyberattack platform
DISCOVERY:
2015
TARGETED PLATFORMS:
Windows
FIRST KNOWN SAMPLE:
2005
NUMBER OF TARGETS:
11-100
TOP TARGETED COUNTRIES:
France, United States, India, Russia, Brazil, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan
THE WAY
OF PROPAGATION
Social engineering
Exploits
PURPOSE/
FUNCTIONS
Cyberespionage
Surveillance
Remote control
TARGETS
Financial institutions
Government entities
Energy, oil and gas companies
Telecoms
Heavy industry manufacturers
Private companies
Mass media and TV
Manufacturing
ARTEFACTS/
ATTRIBUTION
Brazilian Portuguese language artefacts
MORE INFO
The blog post and research paper are available at
Securelist.com
