A highly complex piece of malware with James Bond-level espionage capabilities has been spying on governments, infrastructure operators, businesses and individuals since 2008, according to security company Symantec.
Detailed in a company blog post, the back-door type Trojan, called “Regin”, can be highly customised through the use of modules depending on its intended target and has allegedly been used as a tool for mass surveillance.
Regin has been found to infect its victims in multiple ways, from luring them to spoofed versions of well-known websites and installing itself to exploiting applications.
The malware has claimed a number of victims as part of two waves, with a first version targeting organisations between 2008 and 2011 before being withdrawn. It re-emerged in 2013 to target companies, government entities and research institutions, with almost half of all infections targeting private individuals, small businesses and telecoms companies.
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