A mystery new malware campaign has infected hundreds of computers in the Middle East.
The virus is nicknamed Mahdi - a term referring to a prophesied Islamic messiah - and has hit computers in state buildings, engineering firms, financial houses and centres of academia.
Once installed, it records every move the user makes, stealing login details, taking screenshots of computer activity like email or social networking exchanges, and recording audio.
Over the past eight months, multiple gigabytes of data have been collected from at least 800 computers, according to researchers at anti-virus firm Seculert.#
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