Tag: alureon
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Alureon trojan uses steganography to receive commands
Messages hidden inside images create extra layer of redundancy. Researchers at Microsoft have discovered a new variant of the ‘Alureon’ trojan that uses steganography to make itself invincible against the takedown of botherders’ domains. Steganography , sometimes referred to as ‘hiding in plain sight’, is the art and science of writing messages in such a…