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I’ve already mentioned the Win32/Spy.Ranbyus family in my previous blog post about smartcard monitoring in modern banking malware (Smartcard vulnerabilities in modern banking malware). It displays really interesting functionality because it shows how it is possible to bypass payment transaction signing/authentication with smartcard devices. We have been tracking the latest modification to this malware family […]

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In early July, an update to the Black Hole exploit kit targeted Java vulnerability CVE-2012-1723. The vulnerability could evade the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) sandbox and load additional Java classes in order to perform malicious actions. Details about the vulnerability are here. Although most of the sites used in the attack are newly registered, the Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network can detect an attack […]

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Usage of commercial grade software protectors/cryptors/obfuscators is a very common trend in desktop malware landscape. They are mainly used to make the analyst’s life tough by adding extra layers of protection.  Similarly, there have been quite a few open source obfuscators and professional obfuscators used in the malware families implemented in Java as well for […]

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