Security Firm Traces Target Malware to Russia CNN (01/21/14) Gumuchian, Marie-Louise; Goldman, David The security firm IntelCrawler, which last week identified a 17-year-old Russian as being responsible for writing the malware used in the Target breach, updated its report on Monday saying that the individual did not appear to be solely responsible for the attack. In the update, the firm identified a different Russian resident as being the writer of the malware which infected Targets payment system and compromised the credit card numbers and other personal information of as many as 110 million customers. Security researcher Brian Krebs previously said that there is code in the Target malware that points to a Ukraine resident, suggesting that the author may have shared the malware with others. According to the IntelCrawler report, the first sample of the malware was created in March, with more than 40 versions sold worldwide since then. To date the majority of the victims of the malware, which first attacked retailers in Australia, Canada, and the United States, have been department stores, though more infections and new breaches could occur soon, warned IntelCrawler CEO Andrew Komarov
Posted on: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:15:04 +0000
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