Malware spied on companies and governments

Malware spied on companies and governments in 10 countries since 2008

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/24/malware-regin-surveillance-companies-government-individuals-symantec

An advance malware application has been detected which spies on private companies, governments, research institutes and individuals in 10 countries since 2008, Symantec Corp the inventors of Norton reprted it on Sunday 23rd November. this specific malware is hard to detected and even when it is detected it isn't clear what the malware is actually doing, it has been described as having 5 layers and each layer has little information on that compleat layer and only once all layer have been discovered it can be analysed properly.

Regin uses what is called a modular approach that allows it to load custom features tailored to targets, the same method applied in other malware, such as Flamer and Weevil (the Mask). Some of its features were similar to Duqu malware, uncovered in September 2011 and related to a computer worm called Stuxnet, discovered the previous year. About 28% of targets were in telecoms, while other victims were in the energy, airline, hospitality and research sectors.The program was apparently withdrawn in 2011, but resurfaced in 2013.