According to the expert, "Kaspersky Lab" Brule Nicolas (Nicolas Brulez), July 24 this year, researchers have discovered a new version of the malware Mahdi, neutralization of the servers, which reported last week.
The detected version of the virus has received a number of additional functions. Now, the malicious program can monitor users of social networking "VKontakte", as well as to establish surveillance of the victims, using the key word searches. The virus keeps track of all requests with the words «USA», «gov», «gmail», «hotmail», «skype», «yahoo! mail »,« share »,« outlook », etc. If the malware detects the relevant search query, it takes a snapshot of a computer monitor of the victim and immediately sends it to the command server. The researcher believes that the ability to immediately send the stolen information, not data storage instructions before the server is the main and most dangerous feature of the new version of the virus.
