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Kim Jong Il Malicious Spam Found

20

Dec

2011

The death of Korean leader Kim Jong Il resulted in an outpour of reactions from many people all over the world. Some people were saddened by the loss, while some were quite jubilant, saying that Kim Jong Il was “a repressive leader”.Cybercriminals, on the other hand, only had one reaction to the incident, and it […]

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The Sykipot Campaign

18

Dec

2011

Last week reports surfaced about a “zero-day” exploit for Adobe Reader (CVE-2011-2462) that had been actively used in targeted attacks beginning in November. The malicious PDFs were emailed to targets along with text encouraging the target to open the malicious attachment. If opened, the malware known as BKDR_SYKIPOT.B installs onto the target system. The reported […]

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Unintended Consequences: How SOPA could threaten Internet security

16

Dec

2011

On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives discussed the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a proposal that would give the U.S. Government new tools to fight the online sale of infringing or counterfeit goods.Trend Micro is aware of the ongoing legal and policy complexities involved in balancing protection of intellectual property rights with censorship concerns, […]

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