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Gamarue Malware Goes to Germany

30

Oct

2012

The hotel booking spam recently reported has made its way into German users’ inboxes. The email purporting to be from one of the Brenners Park-Hotel and Spa in Austria has a similar theme to its English counterpart as it contains confirmation and details on an alleged booking reservation.The email sample above was sent to a […]

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‘Police Ransomware’ Preys on Guilty Consciences

12

Sep

2012

“Police ransomware” is big business, generating millions of euros for organized criminal groups. In May, at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague, police officers from 14 EU member states affected by this threat met with representatives from Europol, Eurojust, Interpol, and industry. Police ransomware, as explained on the Europol website, typically appears as a pop-up window, […]

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Botnet command server hidden in Tor

10

Sep

2012

The analyzed bot: Despite the novel way of C&C-communication, the other features of the analyzed bot are quite common these days. It offers several possibilities for DDoS attacks, can download and execute other malware, and can act as SOCKS proxy to anonymize the attacker. What is it about? One of the biggest challenges for botnet […]

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