TEHRAN (FNA)- Keylogging malware that may have been used by the NSA shares signficant portions of code with a component of Regin, a sophisticated platform that has been used to spy on businesses, government institutions and private individuals for years.
"We've obtained a copy of the malicious files published by Der Spiegel and when we analyzed them, they immediately reminded us of Regin," malware researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab said Tuesday in a blog post .
Moreover, the Kaspersky researchers found that both QWERTY and the 50251 plug-in depend on a different module of the Regin platform identified as 50225 which handles kernel-mode hooking.
This is strong proof that QWERTY can only operate as part of the Regin platform, the Kaspersky researchers said.
The newly discovered link between QWERTY and Regin suggests that the cyberespionage malware platform security researchers call Regin is most likely WARRIORPRIDE.
According to Kaspersky Lab, Regin was the malware program that infected the personal computer of Belgian cryptographer Jean-Jacques Quisquater in 2013.
Regin, Sr., 75, of 1771 Petersham Rd., died Friday, July 6, 2007, at Baystate Mary Lane Hospital, Ware.
He was born in Ware, son of the late Peter and Veronica (Domelski) Regin, but lived in Hardwick all of his life.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 52 years, Rita (Newcomb) Regin; his two daughters, Karen Supczak and her husband James, and Diane Molin and her husband Alan, all of Hardwick; a sister, Rose Rabschnuk of Gilbertville; 4 grandchildren and 2 great-granddaughters.
Price (1974), Deric Regin (1976), and Simon Schama (1987).
Most of these areas were touched on by Price and Regin, but they receive a much fuller exposition here.
As it stands, novices will only be able to profit after they have read Price and Regin, and scholars will be troubled by the many omissions.