Have you ever wondered about the ads you might have seen being shown on the desktop or in the browser during web browsing sessions at Internet cafes? One of our Analysts, Wayne, certainly did. He recently analyzed a sample (SHA1: c8c643df81df5f60d5cd8cf46cb3902c5f630e96) that gave him an interesting answer. The sample was a rootkit named in its […]
Recently, we blogged about systems compromised by W32.Virut that were observed downloading W32.Waledac.D (Kelihos). Symantec has followed the Waledac evolution for a number of years and have observed the botnet showing considerable resilience against take-down efforts conducted in the past. Waledac is traditionally known as a spamming botnet which has been observed to send up […]
It has been reported in the media that several South Korean banks and local broadcasting organizations have been impacted by a cyber attack.The attack included the defacement of a Korean ISP/telecoms provider and also the crippling of servers belonging to a number of organizations.The defacement displays an elaborate animated Web page with sound effects, showing […]
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