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“exe” read backwards spells “malware”

18

Aug

2011

RIGHT TO LEFT OVERRIDE (RLO) is a unicode control character (U+202E) that reverses the character reading order from the traditional left-to-right, to right-to-left. This is mainly used for right-to-left languages (such as Arabic or Hebrew). We reported this trick last year but it has resurfaced extensively in the past week to trick users into opening […]

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YeheyTV searchers end up watching Fake Antivirus – SEO Poisoning

22

Jun

2011

YeheyTV is an Internet site offering Filipino television shows online. The site has been around since 2009 and is frequented by Filipinos around the world. FakeAV distributors have exploited this popularity by using a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) poisoning attack directed at Internet users looking for the YeheyTV site. Searching for the keywords “yeheytv pinoy” […]

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Targeted Attacks in 2011 Using Ichitaro Zero-Day Vulnerability

16

Jun

2011

We have been observing since January multiple targeted-attacks that use a zero-day vulnerability found in the Japanese word processor software, Ichitaro. JustSystems, the makers of Ichitaro, have already shipped a patch to fix this problem and users who run Ichitaro should install this patch. Its worth noting that initially this patch will only be available […]

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