eWeek: Researchers discovered malware that has been used in targeted attacks against defense contractors, government agencies and other organizations since early 2009, according to IT security companies Seculert and Zscaler.

The email messages containing the malicious attachments masqueraded as fake conference invitations and targeted executives and government officials, Mike Geide, a senior security researcher at Zscaler ThreatLabZ, wrote on the ThreatLabz blog Jan. 31. Researchers from Seculert and Zscaler separately identified these attacks and "joined forces" to analyze the malware and incidents, Geide said. They report that the Trojan uses a remote-access tool to burrow into networks and steal data.

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