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Avatar rootkit: the continuing saga

Aug

2013

Back at the beginning of May we posted preliminary information about Win32/Rootkit.Avatar rootkit (Mysterious Avatar rootkit with API, SDK, and Yahoo Groups for C&C communication). One of the major questions not covered in that previous research was this: What payload and plugins does Avatar install onto infected machines? We continue our research and are still […]

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Win32/Gapz: New Bootkit Technique

Dec

2012

In the last couple of years a number of new bootkits have appeared in the wild targeting the Microsoft Windows platform. Among the most prominent examples are TDL4, Olmasco and Rovnix. These each employ different ways of infecting the system by means of modifying either the MBR (Master Boot Record) or the VBR/IPL (Volume Boot […]

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All Carberp botnet organizers arrested

Jul

2012

We have been tracking the Carberp cybercrime group’s activity for three years now. Tracking started in 2009 with the first samples of the Carberp malcious software seen in the wild. By the beginning of 2010 the second wave of Carberp activity had forced out other banking malware families (Win32/Spy.Shiz, Win32/Hodprot) in Russia. We summarized the […]

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