Researchers have uncovered an advanced persistent threat that for at least five years has used an array of hacking tools and covert automatic updates as part of a hacking campaign that bears little technical similarity to any other APT. The “TajMahal” cyber-espionage group uses software backdoors, audio recorders, keyloggers, screen and webcam grabbers, cryptography key stealers and up to 80 malicious modules as part of a “full-blown spying framework,” according to research published Wednesday by Kaspersky Lab.

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