Posts Tagged ‘level domain name’

New BackDoor.Butirat generates names of control servers

Jan

2013

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users that a new backdoor has been found in large numbers in the wild. Dubbed BackDoor.Butirat.245, the program features a new routine to generate names of control servers to connect to. The most probable rationale behind this feature is to keep the malware operational as long as possible […]

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Blackhole Exploit Kit Gets an Upgrade: Pseudo-random Domains

Jun

2012

The Blackhole exploit kit has been extensively covered by Symantec for some time. As a brief reminder, like other exploit kits such as Phoenix, people using Blackhole compromise a legitimate site, inserting malicious and highly obfuscated JavaScript code into the site’s main page. To evade detection and avoid attracting suspicion, the rest of the page […]

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From Cocos Islands to Cameroon

Jul

2011

The cybercrime business is really no different from other types of business such as pasta making or selling spare parts for cars. It has its own expenses and overheads. A hacker, just like any businessman, tries to save on attacks and keep their costs down. In general, a web attack needs a domain name and […]

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