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Tsunami Warning Leads to Arcom RAT

23

Nov

2012

Recently, the website “Hoax Slayer” pointed us to a spammed email message that warns users of a Tsunami and encourages them to click on a link to watch a video. The article, which the cybercriminals made to look like it came from “news.com.au”, claims that experts have predicted that a Tsunami will hit Australia on […]

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Malware Targeting Windows 8 Uses Google Docs

17

Nov

2012

Initially, I thought that Backdoor.Makadocs was a simple and typical back door Trojan horse. It receives and executes commands from a command-and-control (C&C) server and it gathers information from the compromised computer including the host name and the operating system type. Interestingly, the malware author has also considered the possibility that the compromised computer could […]

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An analysis of Dorkbot’s infection vectors (part 1)

14

Nov

2012

Malware nowadays benefits from the complexity of the Internet ecosystem to infect new computers through vectors such as browser plugins, social networks, and instant messaging programs. In this two-parter series, we’ll look at Worm:Win32/Dorkbot, a prevalent worm with the capabilities of an IRC backdoor and a password stealer. Dorkbot relies both on social engineering attacks […]

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