A new advanced APT malware entry in your Cyberspace: TAJMAHAL APT malware framework which was undetected for 5 years!!
Dixsha Das, MBA
Healthcare Marketer & Consultant | Global Product Management~Gen Ai | Genpact | ex-Viatris | ex-Mankind
This ain't the one "TajMahal" which comes in Seven Wonders of the world but yes it does wonders to your computer!!
but how?????.......
The operation has gone undetected for the last five year. Finally, the hunt got over- the timestamp of the first sample is from Aug 2013 & the last one is April 2018 which contains 80 malicious modules in its encrypted virtual file system. oh wait! it does more wonders to your computer...
Just highlighting its capabilities,
"TAJMAHAL is shrewdly able to steal data from a CD burnt by a victim as well as from the printer queue. It can gently request to steal a particular file from a previously seen USB STICK; so when next time the USB is connected to the computer, the file will be gone i.e. STOLEN."
This APT platform comes in exclusively two packages:
1) Tokyo- the first stage of infection
2) Yokohama - blazes-up the delivery of malware
what kind of magic it does to your computer?
- Stealing browser cookies
- Intercepting docs from the print queue
- Recording and taking screenshots of VoIP calls
- Stealing optical disc images
- Collecting data about the victim
- Indexing files, including those on external drives
The technical entanglement of TajMahal makes it a very worrying discovery, and the number of victims identified thus far is likely to increase.
p.s: protect your PC & Beware of malware
source:gbhackers