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Taidoor Update: Taidoor Gang Tags Its Victims

Dec

2012

We’ve been seeing an increase in Taidoor downloaders in the wild, but instead of embedding the backdoor in email attachments, the current trend in Taidoor-related attacks is to include an attachment with a Taidoor-downloading Trojan.Based on the sample set we gathered, it appears this type of technique has only been used this year. For the […]

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Backdoor.Korplug: Loading Malicious Components Through Trusted Applications

Jul

2012

Symantec is observing limited targeted attacks using a new backdoor Trojan, Backdoor.Korplug. This backdoor surfaced earlier this year in March 2012. In these attacks, the targets are sent a crafted email containing a malicious attachment, typically in the form of a password protected zip file containing a malicious executable or in the form of an […]

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Patch Tuesday April 2012: Microsoft Issues 4 Critical, 2 Important Updates

Apr

2012

Microsoft released today six bulletins addressing several vulnerabilities for the month of April. Of note, the update patching Internet Explorer versions 6-9 and the update addressing the Windows Common Controls ActiveX control, which is used in a number of Microsoft programs such MS Office. This MSRC blog entry reports that there have been some attacks […]

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