Posts Tagged ‘removable media’

Dorkbot romance with Latin America

Dec

2012

The information-stealing, botnet-building worm known as Dorkbot (Win32/Dorkbot) is one of the most active threats in Latin America. Ever since we started to investigate this worm, we have been able to identify different dissemination campaigns, the ultimate aim of which is stealing sensitive information such as login names and passwords from its victims. Most of […]

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My Little Pronny: Autorun worms continue to turn

Dec

2012

Malware activity exploiting Autorun on Windows computers has been generating quite a few calls to ESET support lines lately, reminding us that old infection techniques seldom die and USB flash drives can still be an effective means of getting malicious code onto a computer. USB drives can be used to infect computers that automatically execute […]

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W32/VBNA-X worm spreads quickly through networks and removable media

Nov

2012

SophosLabs researchers have noticed a significant increase in the spread of malware we call W32/VBNA-X (among other names).Several other vendors, including McAfee (W32/Autorun.worm.aaeb) and Symantec (W32.ChangeUp), have been alerting their customers as well. While the basic components of this malware have been around for some time, it has become considerably more aggressive in its latest […]

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