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Christmas-Themed Malware Starts to Jingle All the Way

07

Dec

2012

Once again cybercriminals take advantage of the Holidays in what seem like a targeted attack against businesses and government organizations. We spotted samples that bore the filename, PROPOSED CHRISTMAS PARTY 2012.doc. Trend Micro detects this as TROJ_ARTIEF.RTN. When executed, this malware drops a file (temp.doc) that acts as decoy to trick recipients into thinking this […]

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Forex website targeted – did cybercrooks find the weakest link in online money management services?

28

Nov

2012

The Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network has detected that a FOREX trading website was injected with a malicious Java applet, which could install malware on the affected systems of the site's users. FOREX is the foreign exchange market where international currencies are traded, and nowadays, it's used by millions of people around the world. The targeted website […]

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Piwik.org webserver hacked and backdoor added to Piwik

27

Nov

2012

If you are using Piwik and you have downloaded/updated it recently, please double check your install to verify that it does not contain a backdoor. From piwik.org: Important Security Announcement: Piwik.org webserver got compromised by an attacker on 2012 Nov 26th, this attacker added a malicious code in the Piwik 1.9.2 Zip file for a […]

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