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This Python Has Venom!

08

Oct

2011

Analysis by Poul Jenson and Masaki Suenega Spotted by Karthik Selvaraj Here at Symantec Security Response we have discovered Python.Pytroj, a proof-of-concept virus that infects .pyc files with arbitrary code. In case you are unfamiliar with Python here is a brief description. Python is a programming language which can run on most major operating systems. […]

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Facebook Turns to Websense for Malicious URL Detection

03

Oct

2011

Facebook has partnered with security vendor Websense to protect its users from third-party malicious URLs spammed on the social networking website, the companies said on Monday. Facebook has been plagued by malware distribution campaigns, survey scams and other types of threats for years now and despite the company’s best efforts the attacks continue. The site’s […]

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TDL4 Worm Component Employs Bitcoin Mining

28

Sep

2011

In the past we’ve reported a couple of attacks involving malware that turns affected systems into Bitcoin miners, and we also said that cybercriminals will increasingly do so in the future. Recently we encountered another malware -a familiar and known malware family – that turns the system into a Bitcoin miner.TDL4 is a well known […]

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