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The Andromeda botnet – first spotted in late 2011 – has recently resurfaced. This threat arrives via a familiar means: spammed messages with malicious attachments or links to compromised websites hosting Blackhole Exploit Kit (BHEK) code. Here is one spam message we saw recently:Figure 1. Sample spammed messageAndromeda itself is highly modular, and can incorporate […]

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Since data is the new digital currency, it is not uncommon to read about data stealers designed to collect users’ personally identifiable information (PPI) like credit cards, etc. So the entry of ‘Dexter’ in the threat picture comes as no surprise, especially as the holiday season draws near.There are reports of a malware that targets […]

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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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