…It’s a common plot device, of course, but our increasing dependence on the technology does make it more viable…

My Russian colleague Aleksandr Matrosov reports that this week he received an interesting sample from forensic investigation specialists Group-IB. The threat in question is detected by ESET products as Win32/Sheldor.NAD, and coverage by other vendors is reasonable: see http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=9f3ff234d5481da1c00a2466bc83f7bda5fb9a36ebc0b0db821a6dc3669fe4e6-1294926672. The interesting feature of this sample is that it uses the TeamViewer 5.0 standalone component to effect remote control of the

It will likely come as no surprise to regular readers of ESET's Threat Blog that we are somewhat gadget aficionados here in the Research Department. Our focus, however, is usually on issues such as malware, spam and privacy so we do not spend a lot of time discussing gadgetry.  Every once in a while, though,