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Andromeda Botnet Hides Behind AutoIt

13

Sep

2013

Last month, I posted a blog about an increase in the use of AutoIt scripts by malware authors to carry out malicious activities. Attackers have used AutoIt scripts for a long time, and they are gaining in popularity due to their flexible and powerful nature. We have now come across another piece of malware (which […]

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Fake AV and PRISM warning on hijacked website

11

Sep

2013

While many individuals are concerned about privacy in light of PRISM, some malicious actors are using the program to scare naive users into installing ransomware. Since August 23rd, we have seen about 20 domains that carry FakeAV and Ransomware. These websites seem to have been hijacked. They are all hosting the malicious content over port […]

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Security Archive – Case Study: phpbb.com Compromised

10

Sep

2013

Security Archive: It is important to remember past security incidents to make sure we don’t commit the same mistakes over and over again. The idea is to learn from our mistakes. You can read other case studies from our security archive here: Jan 31st, 2009 – PHPbb.com hacked – Security archive case study Jan 17th, […]

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