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Gapz and Redyms droppers based on Power Loader code

Mar

2013

Power Loader is a special bot builder for making downloaders for other malware families and yet another example of specialization and modularity in malware production. The first time Power Loader was detected was in September 2012, using the family detection name Win32/Agent.UAW. This bot builder has been used for developing Win32/Gapz droppers (Win32/Gapz: steps of […]

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Taidoor Update: Taidoor Gang Tags Its Victims

Dec

2012

We’ve been seeing an increase in Taidoor downloaders in the wild, but instead of embedding the backdoor in email attachments, the current trend in Taidoor-related attacks is to include an attachment with a Taidoor-downloading Trojan.Based on the sample set we gathered, it appears this type of technique has only been used this year. For the […]

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PASSTEAL Sneaks into Users Systems via File Sharing Sites

Nov

2012

There is another reason why users should be wary of downloading files from file sharing sites – they host PASSTEAL variants. PASSTEAL, as you may recall, are malware using password recovery tools to steal information stored in Internet browsers. This technique is a deviation from previous infostealers that log keystrokes to gather data from infected […]

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