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AVG Threat Watch: Week 31

Aug

2012

UBISOFT Patch Uplay vulnerabilityGames developer Ubisoft announced a security patch this week for their Uplay software after admitting that a technical vulnerability has been discovered with the browser plug-in feature.The vulnerability could allow a third party to exploit Uplay service to run arbitrary and potentially malicious applications.Uplay comes bundled with a number of Ubisoft titles, […]

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W32.Morto.B – Morto Adds File Infection to its Arsenal

Jul

2012

W32.Morto first surfaced in August 2011 causing a stir when it targeted weak passwords on Remote Desktop Protocol Connections in order to propagate across networks. W32.Morto.B, the new variant, now has the ability to infect executable files on a compromised computer. Let’s take a look at the infected files in a bit more detail. Figure […]

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W32.Flamer: Spreading Mechanism Tricks and Exploits

Jun

2012

Flamer has the ability to spread from one computer to the next. However, Flamer does not automatically spread, but instead waits for instructions from the attackers. Flamer can spread using the following methods: Through network shares using captured credentials, including Domain Administrator Through the Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2010-2729), previously […]

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