Posts Tagged ‘java applet’

Rise of the Java Remote Access Tools

Jul

2013

We recently came across an attack campaign which looked quite unusual compared to the standard attacks normally seen in the wild. This campaign is targeting government agencies by sending phishing emails with a malicious attachment. Nothing new so far, except for one thing: the malicious payload is a Java remote access tool (RAT).As we all […]

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An ambush for peculiar Koreans

Apr

2013

While researching PlugX propagation with the use of Java exploits we stumbled upon one compromised site that hosted and pushed a malicious Java applet exploiting the CVE 2013-0422 vulnerability. The very malicious Java application was detected heuristically with generic verdict for that vulnerability and it would have been hardly possible to spot that particular site […]

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Explosions at Boston Marathon inspire cyber attackers – Email promising news turns out to be multi-faceted malware trap

Apr

2013

The email The structure of the displayed URL is always the same:http ://IP-address/news.html or http ://IP-address/boston.html The subject lines vary but are always related directly to Boston. Here are some examples in alphabetical order: 2 Explosions at Boston Marathon Aftermath to explosion at Boston Marathon Boston Explosion Caught on Video BREAKING – Boston Marathon Explosion […]

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Rise of the Java Remote Access Tools

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