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Cybercriminals generate malicious Java applets using DIY tools
By Dancho Danchev Who said there’s such a thing as a trusted Java applet? In situations where malicious attackers cannot directly exploit client-side vulnerabilities on the targeted host, they w… more →
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Cybercriminals generate malicious Java applets using DIY tools
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wrote 4 months ago: By Dancho Danchev Who said there’s such a thing as a trusted Java applet? In situations where … more →
Morto Worm Annoyances Outstrip Functionality
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wrote 9 months ago: By Andrew Brandt The past couple of days have been very busy for a lot of people, following the anno … more →
Trojans Employ Misdirection Instead of Obfuscation
wrote 9 months ago: By Andrew Brandt An unusual family of Trojans, apparently of Chinese origin, engages in rootkit-like … more →
Black Hat Redux: Botnet Takedown Mistakes to Avoid
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wrote 9 months ago: By Andrew Brandt FireEye's Lanstein and Wolf speak at Black Hat I’ve worked in the securi … more →
New Tool Released: Kiss (or Kick) ZeroAccess Goodbye
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wrote 10 months ago: By Andrew Brandt There are fewer types of malware infections more frustrating and annoying than a ro … more →
This Week: Black Hat Coverage
wrote 10 months ago: By Andrew Brandt As I do every year, I’ve deliberately traveled to the most inhospitable clima … more →
Brazilian "Winehouse" Trojan Sends Hotmail, Bank Passwords to China
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wrote 10 months ago: By Andrew Brandt Late Monday, after news about the death of troubled pop singer Amy Winehouse had be … more →
Criminals Abuse Amazon Hosting with Rogues, Ransomware
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wrote 10 months ago: By Andrew Brandt The criminals who push rogues at the world don’t really care about the reputa … more →
ZeroAccess Gets Another Update
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wrote 10 months ago: By Marco Giuliani Among the most infamous kernel mode rootkits in the wild, most of them have had a … more →
Free Anti-Popureb Tool Released
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wrote 10 months ago: By Andrew Brandt Last week, threat researcher and malware reverse-engineer Marco Giuliani wrote up a … more →
ZeroAccess Rootkit Guards Itself with a Tripwire
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wrote 10 months ago: By Marco Giuliani The latest generation of a rapidly evolving family of kernel-mode rootkits called, … more →
With IM Buddies Like These, Who Needs Frienemies?
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wrote 11 months ago: By Andrew Brandt The other morning, I walked into the office to find a slew of instant messaging bud … more →
Removing Popureb Doesn't Require a Windows Reinstall
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wrote 11 months ago: By Marco Giuliani Last Wednesday, Microsoft published a blog post detailing a significant update to … more →
Phishers Cast Their Nets in the Social Media Pool
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wrote 11 months ago: By Ian Moyse, EMEA Channel Director It can seem at times that the only people who like change are In … more →
Windows Troubles Killer / Salvage System: Rogue of the Week
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wrote 11 months ago: By Stephen Ham and Andrew Brandt This week’s rogue, once again, mimics a system utility and no … more →
Fake UPS Document Installs Fake Microsoft Patch Payload
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wrote 11 months ago: By Andrew Brandt As if we didn’t have enough to deal with this week — after a Microsoft … more →
Android 'Angry Birds' Malware Contains Bot-like Code
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wrote 11 months ago: By Andrew Brandt Most of yesterday, Threat Research Analyst Armando Orozco and I took a closer look … more →
Malware Load Points Raise the Complexity Bar
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wrote 11 months ago: By Andrew Brandt When malware ends up on an infected machine, one of the first things it will do is … more →
MacProtector: Rogue of the Week
wrote 1 year ago: By Andrew Brandt This week, we turn our attention temporarily away from the never-ending stream of r … more →
