Posts Tagged ‘communication channel’

Avatar rootkit: the continuing saga

Aug

2013

Back at the beginning of May we posted preliminary information about Win32/Rootkit.Avatar rootkit (Mysterious Avatar rootkit with API, SDK, and Yahoo Groups for C&C communication). One of the major questions not covered in that previous research was this: What payload and plugins does Avatar install onto infected machines? We continue our research and are still […]

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Latest Pushdo Variants Challenge Antimalware Solution

Jun

2013

Command-and-control (C&C) server communication is essential for botnet creators to control zombie computers (or bots). To hide this from security researchers, they often use rootkits and other “tricks”. However, hiding the network traffic – specifically from monitoring outside an infected computer – is not an easy task, but is something that the botnet creators have […]

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Botnets Remain a Leading Threat

Mar

2013

One threat has evolved and dominated the threats landscape like no other: botnets. Practically every day a new set of online criminals attempt to exploit users in some way or the other. The best way to stop this threat at the perimeter is to identify its communication channel and block the bot from connecting to […]

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