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AV engine detection techniques vs the evolution of malware: cat-and-mouse game

04

Jul

2013

Get rid of cliches: “Most of anti-virus software products detect malware pieces only through simple checksums. This is often the case for the anti-virus engines which are integrated into network gateways.”People mainly believe that the main reason is that network gateways have limited resources to process the sheer amount of data exchanged through it “in […]

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“Your Wire Transfer 82932922 canceled” spam / Payment reeceipt.exe / 78.139.187.6

01

May

2013

This fake wire transfer spam comes with a malicious attachment:Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:27:44 -0500 [16:27:44 EDT]From: Federal Reserve [[email protected]]Subject: Your Wire Transfer 82932922 canceledThe Wire transfer , recently sent from your bank account , was not processed by the FedWire.Transfer details attached to the letter.This service is provided to you […]

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Targeted attacks steal credit cards from hospitality and educational institutions

30

Nov

2011

A little more than a week ago SophosLabs became aware of a resurgence of an attack against the education and hospitality industries. In at least one case the malware has shown up at a financial services company. One thing important to note is that it has only been seen at moderate to small size organizations. […]

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Targeted attacks steal credit cards from hospitality and educational institutions

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