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Trojan.Ransomgerpo Criminal Arrested

Feb

2013

Spanish police have reported the arrest of an individual involved with a particular strain of police Ransomware known as Ransom.EY, detected by Symantec as Trojan.Ransomgerpo.This variant is one of the earliest active police Ransomware families, which Symantec has been tracking since at least July, 2011. The Trojan was distributed using drive by download techniques, in […]

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New spear of Black Hole exploit kit targets Java Vulnerability CVE-2012-1723

Jul

2012

In early July, an update to the Black Hole exploit kit targeted Java vulnerability CVE-2012-1723. The vulnerability could evade the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) sandbox and load additional Java classes in order to perform malicious actions. Details about the vulnerability are here. Although most of the sites used in the attack are newly registered, the Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network can detect an attack […]

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An Aggressive Turn of Tactics Used in Black Hole Exploit Kit Spam Runs

Jun

2012

We’ve been tracking and informing customers about current Black Hole Exploit Kit Spam Run activity and noted that spammers have been changing their methods to better achieve their goals. The most recent development is the aggressive turn in tactics used in these spam runs, which makes it easier for infection to occur. With the latest […]

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