# Detailed Analysis Of Sykipot (Smartcard Proxy Variant)

**[sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/malicious/detailed-analysis-sykipot-smartcard-proxy-variant-33919](https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/malicious/detailed-analysis-sykipot-smartcard-proxy-variant-33919)**

Megan Roddie

On January 2012, AlienVault reported a Sykipot variant with smartcard access capability that
has drawn high attention in the security industry. The internals of this malware sample, such
as flow of the malware, backdoor capabilities, tricks and techniques, and encryption
algorithm are described in...

By Rong Hwa Chong

April 16, 2012

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