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We’re currently investigating several file infectors that have affected several countries, particularly Australia. Trend Micro detects these as PE_XPAJ.C, PE_XPAJ.C-1, PE_XPAJ.C-2, and PE_XPAJ.C-O.Based on our initial analysis, these PE_XPAJ variants connect to the following C&C servers to send and receive information: {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.162.208:35516 {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.152.218:35516 {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.71.249:35516 {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.60.108:35516 {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.123.153:35516 {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.132.25:35516 {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.16.5:389 {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.0.1:1056 {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.16.9 {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.16.10 {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.183.224:35516 {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.0.1:1070 {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.16.12:389 {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.4.250:80 […]

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Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users about the large-scale spreading of a multi-component ransomware that has been dubbed Trojan.ArchiveLock.2. It uses the archiver WinRAR to make files inaccessible for users. Doctor Web’s analysts have found a way to recover a password to extract files compromised by certain versions of the Trojan horse. Trojan.ArchiveLock.2 […]

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Last week, we wrote about a ransom trojan called Trojan:W32/Ransomcrypt which encrypts documents, images, videos, et cetera and holds the files hostage for ?50. Ransomcrypt encrypts files using Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA). The key is formed from a “base key” which is modified based on the first character of the name of the file that […]

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