It’s being called Russia’s most sophisticated cyber espionage tool. What is Snake, and why is it so dangerous?
The covert network allowed infected computers to collect sensitive information. The Snake malware then disguised the sensitive information through sophisticated, its covert operations remained undetected for decades. You can think of custom protocols as a way to transmit information so it can go undetected.
However, with Russia’s war in Ukraine and the rise in cybersecurity activity over the past few years, the FBI has increased its monitoring of Russian cyber threats. While the Snake malware is an elegantly designed piece of code, it is complex and needs to be precisely deployed to avoid detection. According to the Department of Justice’s press release, Russian cyber spies were careless in more than a few instances and did not deploy it as designed.
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