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Mars Rover Code Used For Cyber-Espionage Malware

Posted by timothy on from the shoulders-of-giants-feet-of-scum dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Two open-source libraries used in the Mars Rover software have been integrated in the source code of a malware family (nicknamed Rover) used as part of a cyber-espionage campaign against the Indian government (Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan). The two libraries are OpenCV and OpenAL, two libraries for processing image and audio information. As such, the Rover malware can take screenshots, record video and audio.

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  1. I wish you could uncheck the 'story' article tag by Sowelu · · Score: 5, Insightful

    because this isn't one.

  2. Why the "Mars Rover" Tag?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    What sensationalist BS. It's using standard libraries open to anyone, nothing unique to the mars rover.

    Why not say that it links against libc and that it uses "Nuclear Reactor Code!!11!" in its malware.

  3. Linux coding language used to ... by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The "C" programming language, used in Linux, FreeBSD and Python, has been used to construct ________.

    Really? OpenCV was used for something? I fail to see how this has any connection to the Mars rover.