Posts Tagged ‘information theft’

File Infector EXPIRO Hits US, Steals FTP Credentials

Jul

2013

An unusual attack has been spotted in the wild, using an unexpected combination of threats. This attack used exploit kits (in particular Java and PDF exploits) to deliver file infectors onto vulnerable systems. Interestingly, these file infectors have information theft routines, which is a behavior not usually found among file infectors. These malware are part […]

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Threats From “Free” Android Apps in Japan (Part 2)

Nov

2012

Smartphone users in Japan are able to download a wide variety of apps, many of which are either inexpensive or free. Not all of these actually meet what users expect in terms of features, and some even introduce risks that users may not fully understand. In this blog entry, I will report the privacy risks […]

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Image Theft via FTP Could Be First Stage of Attack

Nov

2012

We recently came across a Trojan that steals image files of .jpg, .jpeg extensions, and Windows memory dumps (.dmp) from victims’ machines and uploads them to an FTP address hardcoded in the malware.This Trojan silently opens a command line and copies those image files found on the C, D, and E drives to the C […]

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File Infector EXPIRO Hits US, Steals FTP Credentials

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