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Blackhat 2011: Dangers of Embedded Web Servers

18

Aug

2011

Most devices nowadays, like printers, scanners and VoIP systems, have embedded web servers for easy administration. Unfortunately, many of these devices are mostly unprotected due to lapses in configuration. Some servers are not configured properly (can be accessed using the default user name and password), or are left with no means of protection. What’s worse […]

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KOOBFACE Propagates Via Torrent P2P File Sharing

18

Aug

2011

The KOOBFACE botnet became known for using popular social network sites as vector for propagation and abusing these platforms for malicious purposes. Currently, it has been observed that KOOBFACE does not actively propagate via social networks, but rather propagates via a torrent peer-to-peer network through Trojanized shared application files.Based on our research, we found a […]

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Premium Abusers Also Check for Keywords

17

Aug

2011

New threat wants to subscribe your device to premium services.A few months back, we reported on an Android malware targeting China Mobile subscribers by abusing premium services, and more recently, one that monitors for certain keywords in text messages. What’s the connection between these two? Well, recently we were able to analyze an Android malware sample […]

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