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W32.Changeup – A Worm By Any Other Name

01

Dec

2012

Whether a Montague or a Capulet, it never mattered to Juliet, as she made the case in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” when she says one of her most famous lines, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”Earlier this week, we wrote about the increase […]

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W32.Changeup – A Malicious Gift That Keeps On Giving

28

Nov

2012

In mid-2009 W32.Changeup, a polymorphic worm written in Visual Basic, was first discovered on systems around the world. Over the last few years, we have profiled this threat, explained why it spreads, and shown how it was created.In the last week there has been an increase in the number of W32.Changeup detections. The increase in […]

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SIRv12: The obstinacy of Conficker

25

Apr

2012

Conficker is one of the most significant threat families facing organizations worldwide today; its initial impact along with its continued obstinacy shows that clearly. In the fourth quarter of 2011 – three years after its initial release – it attempted to infect just over 1.7 million computers. Conficker’s persistence is illustrated not only by the […]

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