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Banking Trojans disguise attack targets in the Cloud – Dynamic downloading of attack configurations offers new possibilities

10

Sep

2013

Banking Trojans traditionally use configuration files that have been stored on the computer being attacked. These configuration files contain the addresses of the compromised websites, and the code, called the Webinject, which they are seeking to add to these websites via the banking Trojans. This code is then responsible for stealing access data and personal […]

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Chemical Attack in Syria Used as Enticement in Targeted Attack

07

Sep

2013

Targeted attacks are a daily occurrence and attackers are fast to employ the latest news stories in their social engineering themes. In a recent targeted attack, delivering a payload of Backdoor.Korplug and caught by our Symantec.cloud services, we observed an attacker taking advantage of a recently published article by the Washington Post in relation to […]

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Fake CNN emails claim US have started bombing Syria

06

Sep

2013

We’re currently seeing a spam run which involves a (fake) report from CNN saying that the US have started bombing Syria. Clicking the shortened link will lead to an exploit kit which targets older, vulnerable versions of Adobe Reader and Java. The attackers favor using the Java exploit over the Reader exploit, as Java exploits […]

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