Kaspersky has discovered a malicious spy program dubbed Miniduke that the firm claims has been used to attack governments and institutions across the world during the past week.
According to Kaspersky’s analysis, MiniDuke is a fresh bit of espionage software designed for spying on, and has compromised, a number of high profile targets including research institutes and healthcare providers in the United States as well as government units in Belgium, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Ukraine and the Czech Republic.