Posts Tagged ‘hook’

Malware Blurs Line Between Banking Trojan and Surveillance

Jan

2023

An improved Android banking Trojan dubbed Hook by security researchers is capable of taking remote control of mobile device, contributing to the growing overlap between surveillance malware and financial fraud. The Trojan, which analysis by Danish cybersecurity firm ThreatFabric characterizes as an improved version of existing the Ermac Trojan, is able to perform “full attack […]

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Hesperbot – technical analysis: part 2/2

Sep

2013

Hesperbot – Technical Analysis: Part 2/2 Win32/Spy.Hesperbot is a new banking trojan that has been targeting online banking users in Turkey, the Czech Republic, Portugal and the United Kingdom. In this 3rd Hesperbot blog post we’ll look at the most intriguing part of the malware – the way it handles network traffic interception. The malware […]

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CIA “DELETED” Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez?

Mar

2013

This is the topic that cybercriminals are speculating about and using as a hook to infect victims. The campaign stems from malicious emails that are sent in bulk to victims: The links mentioned in the email re-direct users to a legitimate Russian website called ?Znakvoprosa? (translation: ?interrogation sign?) that has been hacked in several occasions […]

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