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No one likes malware, but malicious code that tracks your location is particularly unlovable.
It's troubling enough that there's malware out there geolocating victims using Wi-Fi data, but Secureworks researchers said they have no idea what, precisely, the malware's operators are doing with that data. Whiffy is only targeting Windows machines so far, and upon infection immediately checks for the Wireless AutoConfig Service that Windows uses to discover and connect to Wi-Fi networks. Once Whiffy knows WLANSVC is present it checks for a file named str-12.bin in the wlan subfolder of the APPDATA folder.
Secureworks warned that organizations looking to limit the reach of the malware should use available controls to restrict access to indicators of compromise such as Whiffy's C2 server IP address, and the URL used to drop the malware. Secureworks's documentation lists those items, and more.Security risk managers at financial advisory and intelligence outfit Korll got an unpleasant surprise after someone managed to convince T-Mobile to hand over control of a staff member's smartphone.
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