Computer spyware in spy wars

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Cyberwarfare is taking place in the conflict zones of the Middle-East. Symantec Corporation, a US based antivirus technology firm known best for its Norton antivirus software, has analyzed a spyware virus termed "backdoor.breut" which infected the computers of the opposition groups in Syria. Once on the victim's computer, the malware sends sends the information it pillages from infected computers to the IP address: 216.6.0.28 and does not hide this. "We checked the IP address that our engineer referenced and can confirm that it belongs to the STE (Syrian Telecommunications Establishment)," a Symantec representative reports. The malware launches when the user reboots the computer. The regime of the Syrian dictator is using computer spyware in spy wars! Full story at CNN.