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Piecing the malware puzzle – Exploring a spike in exploit activity

21

Mar

2012

In this post, we explore a telemetry spike in Java/OpenConnection and CVE-2011-3544 exploit activity. While reviewing user feedback from the Microsoft Malware Protection Center recently, we noticed an unprecedented amount of feedback on one particular Java/OpenConnection variant — TrojanDownloader:Java/OpenConnection.PK. Such interest in this type of Java applet-based exploit is quite unusual, and prompted us to investigate […]

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This time, the bad guys want your tax accountant

09

Mar

2012

While taxpayers are the regular target of springtime malware schemes, this year the bad guys are aiming for the accountants. A series of imposter emails are threatening recipients with the removal of their professional accreditation if they fail to respond promptly. The tax-phish appear to be from organizations such as the American Institute of Certified […]

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Don’t shoot the messenger

28

Feb

2012

Not everyone appreciates an avast! warning. Some IT professionals find it hard to believe that an infection has taken place on the computers and the networks under their supervision. “In today’s update you have included their website as being infected and harmful,” complained one web developer in an email to AVAST Software. “For the last […]

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