Hammertoss is a new piece of malware that’s great at stealing information.
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Here are a few things to know about Hammertoss, as collected from Cnet.
- It only has high-profile targets and isn’t used often.
- The malware is a master of mimicking normal computer activity.
- It starts its hacking by visiting Twitter (TWTR) for instructions.
- The malware downloads images from GitHub that contain hidden messages for it.
- It sends stolen information to the cloud so that hackers can retrieve it.
- Hammertoss was first spotted earlier this year.
- The group behind the virus is believed to have been formed sometime during 2014.
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