- Apr 26, 2011
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You guys and gals really need to read this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21013087
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21013087
"There is a special module for recovering deleted files from USB sticks," Mr Kamluk said.
"It monitors when a USB stick is plugged in, and it will try to undelete files. We haven't seen anything like that in a malware before."
Also unique to Red October was its ability to hide on a machine as if deleted, said Prof Woodward.
"If it's discovered, it hides.
"When everyone thinks the coast is clear, you just send an email and 'boof' it's back and active again."
Other modules were designed to target files encrypted using a system known as Cryptofiler - an encryption standard that used to be in widespread use by intelligence agencies but is now less common.