Certificate Used to Sign Mediyes Malware Revoked by Symantec

Symantec representatives revealed that the company managed to track down the digital certificate stolen from Swiss firm Conpavi AG.

Last week, Kaspersky researchers discovered that the certificate was being used by cybercriminals to sign the Mediyes Trojan, a piece of malware designed to intercept browser requests sent to search engines.

Symantec is aware that these certificates are highly valuable for cybercrooks because they help their malicious elements spread without being detected by antivirus solutions.

This is why the company rushed to track it down and revoke the certificate in question before any more harm could be caused.

It has been established that the private encryption key associated with the Conpavi AG certificate was stolen.